History A-Level
Urban growth and markets
What Urban growth and markets means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Urban growth and markets
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Trade, alongside local markets, drove urbanisation and the growth of trading centres such as York and Winchester.
Topics that use Urban growth and markets
- Late Anglo- Saxon England, c1053–66 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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