The "Compact Knowledge History" series offers individual volumes on all subject topics of upper secondary school history education, aimed at deepening the work with history textbooks and preparing for the final exams. The volumes are consistently structured: - Introduction to the topic that meets students where their knowledge currently stands - Detailed presentation with timelines, diagrams, and images - A selection of sources that goes far beyond textbook citations - Controversies in historiography, insights into current discussions on the topic, presented in a way that is understandable for students.