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		<title>The French Revolution 1789-91</title>
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		<title>Origins of the French Revolution</title>
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		<description>An IB and A Level History revision podcast for students studying the French Revolution.  Beginning with the impact of the Enlightenment on 18th Century Europe, this podcasts examines a variety of factors that led to the Revolution.  Long-term issues that are covered include the Estates System, the emergence of the bourgeoisie and the changing economy, taxation and financial problems, and the effect of the population increase.  Shorter term causes that are explained include the impact of King Louis XVI, the Assembly of the Notables, the Estates General, and the Tennis Court Oath.  Factors are explained thematically to make it easier to organise ideas during revision, and it�s hoped that this will in turn help students to create a well-structured answer.</description>
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		<title>Italy 1849-58: The emergence of Piedmont</title>
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		<description>An IB and A Level History revision podcast for students studying the unification of Italy.  In this episode we explore Piedmont before and after Cavour's appointment as Prime Minister.  Political aspects covered include the Statuto, the Siccardi Laws and the Connubio.  Piedmont's involvement in the Crimean War is also addressed, as well as Cavour's relationship with Napoleon III.  The podcast ends with a summary of the Plombieres agreement.</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:10:18</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Italy 1849-58: The emergence of Piedmont</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">An IB and A Level History revision podcast for students studying the unification of Italy.  In this episode we explore Piedmont before and after Cavour's appointment as Prime Minister.  Political aspects covered include the Statuto, the Siccardi Laws and the Connubio.  Piedmont's involvement in the Crimean War is also addressed, as well as Cavour's relationship with Napoleon III.  The podcast ends with a summary of the Plombieres agreement.</itunes:summary>
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	<item>
		<title>The Italian Revolutions 1848-49</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>A revision podcast for A Level and IB History students studying the unification of Italy.  This episode looks at the causes of the revolutions of 1848, the establishment of the Roman Republic, and the ultimate failure of the revolutions.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A revision podcast for A Level and IB History students studying the unification of Italy.  This episode looks at the causes of the revolutions of 1848, the establishment of the Roman Republic, and the ultimate failure of the revolutions.</description></p>]]></content:encoded>
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:08:09</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">The Italian Revolutions 1848-49</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">A revision podcast for A Level and IB History students studying the unification of Italy.  This episode looks at the causes of the revolutions of 1848, the establishment of the Roman Republic, and the ultimate failure of the revolutions.</itunes:summary>
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	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>Origins of Italian Unification: 1815-1847</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>A revision podcast for IB and A Level History students studying the unification of Italy.  Covers issues including Italy before Napoleon, the effect of French rule on Italy, the impact of the Vienna Settlement, Mazzini, the revolutions of the 1820s and 1830s and the reforms of Pope Pius IX up to 1847.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
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		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/italy1815-47.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:11:17</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Origins of Italian Unification: 1815-1847</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">A revision podcast for IB and A Level History students studying the unification of Italy.  Covers issues including Italy before Napoleon, the effect of French rule on Italy, the impact of the Vienna Settlement, Mazzini, the revolutions of the 1820s and 1830s and the reforms of Pope Pius IX up to 1847.</itunes:summary>
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	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>Germany 1866-71: The Unification of Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>The Peace of Prague and the North German Confederation, France's attempts to gain territory (including the Luxembourg Affair), the Hohenzollern Candidature, the Ems Telegram and the Franco-Prussian War.</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
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		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/unificationofgermany.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:14:51</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Germany 1866-71: The Unification of Germany</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">The Peace of Prague and the North German Confederation, France's attempts to gain territory (including the Luxembourg Affair), the Hohenzollern Candidature, the Ems Telegram and the Franco-Prussian War.</itunes:summary>
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	        <itunes:keywords xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Education, history, IB, international baccalaureate, A Level, AS, A2, revision, bismarck, europe, germany, austria, prussia, france, italy, hohenzollern, luxembourg, franco-prussian war</itunes:keywords>
	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>Germany 1862-66: The Creation of the North German Confederation</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>An audio revision guide looking at the arrival of Bismarck and the creation of the North German Confederation.  Considers Bismarck's foreign policy including the Polish Revolt, the Schleswig-Holstein Crisis, the Convention of Gastein and the Austro-Prussian War.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An audio revision guide looking at the arrival of Bismarck and the creation of the North German Confederation.  Considers Bismarck's foreign policy including the Polish Revolt, the Schleswig-Holstein Crisis, the Convention of Gastein and the Austro-Prussian War.</description></p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/northgermanconfederation.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:14:09</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Germany 1862-66: The Creation of the North German Confederation</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">An audio revision guide looking at the arrival of Bismarck and the creation of the North German Confederation.  Considers Bismarck's foreign policy including the Polish Revolt, the Schleswig-Holstein Crisis, the Convention of Gastein and the Austro-Prussian War.</itunes:summary>
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	        <itunes:keywords xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Education, history, IB, international baccalaureate, A Level, AS, A2, revision, bismarck, europe, germany, austria, prussia, france, italy, gastein, schleswig-holstein, denmark, war</itunes:keywords>
	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>Germany 1849-59: the changing balance of power</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>An audio revision guide that looks at the changing balance of power between Austria and Prussia after the revolutions of 1848.  Beginning with the Erfurt Union and the subsequent Declaration of Olmutz, the podcast considers the impact of the Crimean War, Austria's failed attempt to join the Zollverein, the war against Italy and the Prussian economic boom on the changing balance of power.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An audio revision guide that looks at the changing balance of power between Austria and Prussia after the revolutions of 1848.  Beginning with the Erfurt Union and the subsequent Declaration of Olmutz, the podcast considers the impact of the Crimean War, Austria's failed attempt to join the Zollverein, the war against Italy and the Prussian economic boom on the changing balance of power.</p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/germany1849-59.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
		<enclosure length="8693594" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/germany1849-59.mp3"/>
	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:12:35</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Germany 1849-59: the changing balance of power</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">An audio revision guide that looks at the changing balance of power between Austria and Prussia after the revolutions of 1848.  Beginning with the Erfurt Union and the subsequent Declaration of Olmutz, the podcast considers the impact of the Crimean War, Austria's failed attempt to join the Zollverein, the war against Italy and the Prussian economic boom on the changing balance of power.</itunes:summary>
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	        <itunes:keywords xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Education, history, IB, international baccalaureate, A Level, AS, A2, revision, europe, germany, austria, prussia, zollverein, france, italy, piedmont, crimean war, seimens, krupp, industry</itunes:keywords>
	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>The Failure of the German Revolutions 1848-49</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key factors leading to the failure of the revolutions in the German states.  Links historiography from Eyck, Marx, Taylor and Whitfield to evidence that could be used to support their opinions.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key factors leading to the failure of the revolutions in the German states.  Links historiography from Eyck, Marx, Taylor and Whitfield to evidence that could be used to support their opinions.</p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/germany1848-49.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
		<enclosure length="6739123" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/germany1848-49.mp3"/>
	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:10:52</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">The Failure of the German Revolutions 1848-49</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key factors leading to the failure of the revolutions in the German states.  Links historiography from Eyck, Marx, Taylor and Whitfield to evidence that could be used to support their opinions.</itunes:summary>
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	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>The origins of German Unification: 1815-1848</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key factors present in the German states leading to the revolutions of 1848-49.  Presented thematically, this podcast considers a range of conservative and progressive factors that contributed to causing the revolutions including Metternich, the nobles, the church, the impact of the railways and industrialisation, peasants, workers, the emerging middle class, and the Zollverein.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key factors present in the German states leading to the revolutions of 1848-49.  Presented thematically, this podcast considers a range of conservative and progressive factors that contributed to causing the revolutions including Metternich, the nobles, the church, the impact of the railways and industrialisation, peasants, workers, the emerging middle class, and the Zollverein.</p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/germany1815-1848.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
		<enclosure length="8374358" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/germany1815-1848.mp3"/>
	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:12:00</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">The origins of German Unification: 1815-1848</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key factors present in the German states leading to the revolutions of 1848-49.  Presented thematically, this podcast considers a range of conservative and progressive factors that contributed to causing the revolutions including Metternich, the nobles, the church, the impact of the railways and industrialisation, peasants, workers, the emerging middle class, and the Zollverein.</itunes:summary>
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	        <itunes:keywords xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Education, history, IB, international baccalaureate, A Level, AS, A2, revision, europe, germany, austria, prussia, metternich, zollverein, revolution, vienna, industrialisation, conservatism, liberalism, nationalism</itunes:keywords>
	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>Historiography - Responsibility for World War 1</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key historiographical arguments regarding responsibility for the First World War.  Considers the attitude of Versailles, the inter-war period of shared responsibility, the effect of World War 2, the Fischer Thesis, and post-Fischer revisionism.  Historians whose work is briefly mentioned include G. Lowes Dickinson, Sidney Fay, AJP Taylor, Luigi Albertini, Fritz Fischer, Niall Ferguson and John Keegan.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key historiographical arguments regarding responsibility for the First World War.  Considers the attitude of Versailles, the inter-war period of shared responsibility, the effect of World War 2, the Fischer Thesis, and post-Fischer revisionism.  Historians whose work is briefly mentioned include G. Lowes Dickinson, Sidney Fay, AJP Taylor, Luigi Albertini, Fritz Fischer, Niall Ferguson and John Keegan.</p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/historiographyww1.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
		<enclosure length="8506116" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/historiographyww1.mp3"/>
	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:12:29</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">The July Crisis and the Outbreak of the First World War</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">An audio revision guide presenting an overview of the key historiographical arguments regarding responsibility for the First World War.  Considers the attitude of Versailles, the inter-war period of shared responsibility, the effect of World War 2, the Fischer Thesis, and post-Fischer revisionism.  Historians whose work is briefly mentioned include G. Lowes Dickinson, Sidney Fay, AJP Taylor, Luigi Albertini, Fritz Fischer, Niall Ferguson and John Keegan.</itunes:summary>
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	        <itunes:keywords xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Education, history, IB, international baccalaureate, A Level, AS, A2, revision, europe, historiography, first world war, world war one, ww1, ferguson, fischer, taylor, albertini, keegan, september programme</itunes:keywords>
	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>The July Crisis and the Outbreak of the First World War</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>A podcast revision guide presenting an overview of the July Crisis of 1914 that acted as the spark to World War One.  Covers the impact of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Black Hand Gang on the diplomatic actions of Germany and Austria-Hungary including the 'blank cheque'.  Goes on to describe the subsequent actions of Russia, France and Britain.</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A podcast revision guide presenting an overview of the July Crisis of 1914 that acted as the spark to World War One.  Covers the impact of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Black Hand Gang on the diplomatic actions of Germany and Austria-Hungary including the 'blank cheque'.  Then goes on to describe the subsequent actions of Russia, France and Britain.</p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/julycrisis.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
		<enclosure length="6961810" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/julycrisis.mp3"/>
	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:10:29</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">The July Crisis and the Outbreak of the First World War</itunes:subtitle>
	        <itunes:summary xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">A podcast revision guide presenting an overview of the July Crisis of 1914 that acted as the spark to World War One.  Covers the impact of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Black Hand Gang on the diplomatic actions of Germany and Austria-Hungary including the 'blank cheque'.  Goes on to describe the subsequent actions of Russia, France and Britain.</itunes:summary>
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	<dc:creator>mrallsop@mrallsophistory.com (Scott Allsop)</dc:creator></item>
	<item>
		<title>Conflicts in the Balkans before the First World War</title>
		<link>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</link>
		<description>Audio revision looking at the 'Eastern Question' that affected the Balkans.  Covers the impact of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, rising nationalism and Pan-Slavism in the Balkan states, the Bosnian Crisis of 1908-9, and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.</description>  
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
      		<category>Education</category>
	        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Audio revision looking at the 'Eastern Question' that affected the Balkans.  Covers the impact of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, rising nationalism and Pan-Slavism in the Balkan states, the Bosnian Crisis of 1908-9, and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.</p>]]></content:encoded>
		<guid>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/podcasts/balkans.mp3</guid>
		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:11:38</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
	        <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Conflicts in the Balkans before the First World War</itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>The Breakdown of the International System from 1890</title>
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		<description>An audio revision guide covering the breakdown of the Bismarckian system from 1890 under Wilhelm II.  Reference is made to key issues including Weltpolitik, the alliance system, the arms race, and nationalism.  These are used to explain the changing relationships between the European powers.</description>  
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		<title>Europe 1871-1890</title>
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		<description>An audio revision guide on Bismarck and the International System he created from 1871 until his resignation in 1890. References to attempts to isolate France, befriend Britain, and create a series of alliances with Russia and Austria-Hungary.</description>  
		<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jan 2012 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
	        
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		<comments>http://www.mrallsophistory.com/</comments>
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	        <itunes:duration xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">00:13:23</itunes:duration>
	        <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd">Scott Allsop</itunes:author>
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