The "Compact Knowledge History" series offers individual volumes on all subject topics of high school history classes, aimed at deepening the work with history textbooks and preparing for the final exams before graduation. 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 quotes - Controversies in historiography, insights into current discussions on the topic, presented in a way that is understandable for students.