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Welcome to our World History section, a vast treasure trove of historical knowledge that takes you on a captivating journey through the annals of human civilization. Our collection spans a wide spectrum of topics, providing an exhaustive resource for history enthusiasts, students, and curious minds eager to explore the tapestry of the past.

Delve into the origins of human civilization as we discuss the birth of agriculture and the emergence of the first great cultures. From the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia to the grandeur of ancient Egypt, we unravel the stories of mighty empires and legendary rulers, such as Hammurabi, Sargon, and Hatshepsut.

The section also brings to life the glory of ancient Greece, where philosophers like Aristotle and Socrates pondered the mysteries of existence, and the legendary conquests of Alexander the Great reshaped the known world. Explore the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, from the Republic's inception to the reign of emperors like Augustus and Nero.

As you journey through history, immerse yourself in the tales of epic battles and world-changing events. Discover the intricate tapestry of the Middle Ages, where knights, monks, and castles played pivotal roles, and the Christian Reconquista in Spain unfolded. Explore the dramatic narratives of the Crusades and the influence of the Enlightenment era with thinkers like Voltaire and Rousseau.

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Moving forward, uncover the stories of revolutions that reshaped nations, such as the American Revolution and the French Revolution, with figures like Thomas Jefferson and Robespierre leading the way. Gain insights into the Industrial Revolution and its transformative impact on society, as well as the turbulent times of the world wars, with details on key battles, leaders like Winston Churchill, and the horrors of the Holocaust.

Dive into the histories of various regions and civilizations, including Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Learn about the profound influence of figures like Genghis Khan, explore the intricate cultural tapestry of ancient China and Japan, and witness the emergence of empires in Africa.

This section is not only a repository of historical facts but also a source of inspiration through the words of great leaders and the voices of those who lived through significant events. Read speeches, letters, and documents that shaped the course of history, from Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

In addition to major world events, we shed light on lesser-known stories and aspects of history, from the exploration of ancient cave art to the mysterious Dancing Mania of the Middle Ages. Discover the contributions of remarkable individuals like Dorothea Dix, Marco Polo, and Harriet Tubman, who left indelible marks on their respective eras.

No stone is left unturned in our quest to provide a comprehensive resource for understanding the intricate threads of human history. Whether you're a seasoned historian or a curious learner, our World History section offers a wealth of information, inviting you to embark on a fascinating journey through the epochs that have shaped our world.

  1. Absolutism
  2. Absolutism As A System
  3. Absolutism, Case Against
  4. Africa, Discovery Of Diamonds
  5. Africa, Emerging Civilizations
  6. Africa, Livingston's Discoveries
  7. Africa, Spread Of Civilizations
  8. Africa, Spread Of People
  9. Africa In The Age Of The Slave Trade
  10. African Diaspora
  11. Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of Mythology
  12. Agriculture And The Origins Of Civilization
  13. Agriculture, The Beginning Of
  14. Agrarian Revolution
  15. Akkad And The Akkadians Of Mesopotamia (Ancient Akkad)
  16. Alamo
  17. Alexandria, Library Of Founded
  18. America On The Eve On European Invasion
  19. American Civil War From Sumter To Surrender At Appomattox
  20. American Cultures, Archaic Cultures
  21. American Indians Or Native Americans
  22. American Revolution, A History Of The Republic
  23. America's First Legislature
  24. Americas, Peoples And Civilizations Of The
  25. Andeans Peoples And Civilizations Of The Americas
  26. Americas, Peoples To The North
  27. American Societies, Origins Of
  28. Amerigo Vespucci
  29. Amorites
  30. Anthropology
  31. Antipapal Movement: Arnold Of Brescia
  32. Archeology
  33. Architecture
  34. Aristotle And Communism
  35. Art
  36. Art
  37. Arts
  38. Art, Origin of Tragedy
  39. Asian Americans
  40. Asia's First Civilizations
  41. Asia's First Civilizations, Legacy Of
  42. Asia, South East Asia
  43. Assyria From Rise To Fall
  44. Atlantic Cable
  45. Audio Great Speeches
  46. Augustine
  47. Australia And The Islands Of The Sea
  48. Austro-Prussian War
  49. Aztec, A History, Part One
  50. Babylonia
  51. Bach, Johann
  52. Baptists
  53. Barbarian West
  54. Baroque Era
  55. Benjamin Franklin Experiments With Electricity
  56. Bible, The
  57. Black Americans
  58. Black Death, The
  59. Boer War
  60. Bourbons
  61. Boxer wars
  62. British Dominion In The New World
  63. Buddhism, Foundations Of
  64. Bulgarians
  65. Byzantine Empire (Byzantium) Including Its Cities, Kings, Religion And Wars
  66. Byzantine Empire
  67. California, Acquisition Of
  68. California, The Discovery Of Gold
  69. Canaanite Culture And Religion
  70. Canada, An Early History From Discovery To The End Of French Rule
  71. Canada, Cartier Explores
  72. Cannery Islands, Discover Of
  73. Carthage, A Complete History Of Ancient Carthage
  74. Catherine The Great
  75. Causes Of Civilization, Civilizations Past And Present
  76. Cave Art
  77. Celts
  78. Charlemagne
  79. China, A Brief History Of
  80. China, The Beginnings Of
  81. China, War With Japan
  82. China, Spread Of Culture To Japan
  83. Chinese Revolution and Mao
  84. Chivalry
  85. Christianity Catholic Church From Its Beginning To The End Of The Sixteenth...
  86. Christianity, Calvinism
  87. Christianity, Calvin Is Driven From Paris
  88. Christianity, History Of
  89. Christianity, Bible
  90. Christianity, Bible Is Translated Into English
  91. Christianity, Methodism, Rise Of
  92. Christianity, Modern Age
  93. Christianity, Origins Of
  94. Christianity, Presbyterianism, Rise Of
  95. Christianity Rise And Triumph Of
  96. Christianity Rise And Spread
  97. Christianity, Rise During The Middle Ages
  98. Christianity, Separation Of The Greek And Roman Church
  99. Christopher Columbus
  100. Civilization
  101. Civilizations, An Overview
  102. Civilization, Dawn Of
  103. Civilization, Drawbacks and Limitations
  104. Civilization Causes Of, Neolithic Civilizations
  105. Civilization, Causes Of
  106. Civilization, End of the Early period of Development
  107. Civilization, Rise Of
  108. Civilization, Rise Of In The Middle East And Africa
  109. Civilization, Women In Patriarchal Societies
  110. City Of Jericho
  111. Cities Origins Of
  112. Cities Origin Of Part Two
  113. Cold War Soviet And American Spheres Date
  114. Cold War The Beginnings Of
  115. Columbus
  116. Columbus, List Of Sailors On The First Voyage
  117. Comedy, Creation Of Modern
  118. Communism, Aristotle
  119. Conspiracy Of Pontiac
  120. Council Of Trent
  121. Crimean War
  122. Crusades, A History
  123. Crusades, The First
  124. Crusades, The Third
  125. Crusades, The Crusader Sates Of The East
  126. Crusades, Venetians Take Constantinople
  127. Cultural Expression During The Middle Ages
  128. Cuba, Recognition Of Independence
  129. Cuneiform Writing
  130. Czechs
  131. Dancing Mania Of The Middle Ages
  132. Dante Composes The
  133. De Soto Discovers The Mississippi
  134. Diamonds, Discover Of In Africa
  135. Dissension And Separation Of The Greek And Roman Churches Author
  136. Documents And Stories Historical
  137. Dutch Settlement Of The New World
  138. Education, History Of
  139. Egypt Ancient, A History Of, From The Pre-dynastic Through The Roman Period
  140. Egypt And Mesopotamia Compared
  141. Elamites
  142. Emergence Of Constitutional Governments
  143. England, A History Of
  144. England's Mad Parliament
  145. Enlightenment The Age Of
  146. Etruscans
  147. European Church In The Middle Ages
  148. Europe, Eastern
  149. Europe, Beginnings of Northern Expansion
  150. European History, An Overview
  151. Europe, A New Civilization Emerges
  152. Feudalism
  153. Feudalism
  154. First Circumnavigation Of The Globe
  155. First Nicene Council
  156. First Novel, The
  157. Founding Of The House Of Hapsburg
  158. France A History Of Its Beginnings
  159. Franco Prussian War
  160. Franks
  161. Frederick The Great
  162. Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy
  163. Galileo Recants
  164. Garibaldi, Kingdom Of Italy Established
  165. Geography's Effect On History
  166. Georgia, Settlement of the Colony of
  167. German History
  168. Germany, Consolidation Of
  169. Germany, Revolution In
  170. Germanic Tribes And The Conquest Of Rome
  171. Goethe, Intellectual Revolt Of Germany
  172. Gothic Art And Architecture Period
  173. Government, Its Functions
  174. Government, Its Nature
  175. Government, Its Object
  176. Government, Its Origins, Part One
  177. Government, Its Origins, Part Two
  178. Great Depression
  179. Great Speeches (Audio)
  180. Greece, A History Of Ancient (Greeks) The Dorians To Alexander
  181. Goths
  182. Gulf War
  183. Guti
  184. Hanseatic League
  185. Harvey Discovers The Circulation Of The Blood
  186. Hebrew Civilization
  187. Henry Hudson
  188. Hispanics
  189. Hittites
  190. Hohenzollern
  191. Holy Roman Empire
  192. Human Origins
  193. Human Race, Development Of, Civilizations Past And Present
  194. Hundred Years War
  195. Huns
  196. Huns and their Western Migration
  197. Hungarians
  198. Hungary's Magna Carta
  199. Hungary, Revolt Of
  200. Hunters And Gatherers, Civilizations Past And Present
  201. Hurrians
  202. Hyksos
  203. Iberian Culture In The New World
  204. Iberian Golden Age
  205. Inca, A History, Part One
  206. Indian Empire
  207. Indus River Valley Civilizations
  208. Indus Civilization
  209. Industrial Revolution
  210. Industrialization And Imperialism
  211. Industrialization And Imperial European Spread
  212. Industrialization Outside The West
  213. Ireland, The Famine
  214. Islam, A History Of
  215. Italian History
  216. Italian History
  217. Italy, Kingdom Of Established
  218. Japan, Conquered To World Power
  219. Japan, Emergence Of
  220. Japan, Opening Of
  221. Japan, War With China
  222. Japan Repels The Tartars
  223. Jesuits, Founding if
  224. Judaism It Is History That Provides The Clue To An Understanding ...
  225. Knights Templars
  226. Korean War
  227. Ku Klux Klan
  228. Kush
  229. Latin America
  230. Latin America, Colonies To Nations
  231. Latin America: Establishment Of States
  232. Latin America: First Plantation Colony
  233. Latin America: Reform Or Revolt
  234. Leif Erickson Discovers America
  235. Lewis And Clark
  236. Louis Xiv
  237. Lydia
  238. Making Sense Of History
  239. Maps
  240. Maps, History Of
  241. Marco Polo
  242. Mamelukes Usurp Power In Egypt
  243. Maya
  244. Mauritania
  245. Mesopotamia, A Place For Civilization To Begin
  246. Mesopotamia Time Line
  247. Mexico
  248. Middle Ages Complete History Of The European
  249. Middle Ages, Cultural Expression During The
  250. Middle Ages Dancing Mania Of The
  251. Medieval Europe Dynamic Culture Of
  252. Monroe Doctrine
  253. Monetary Systems
  254. Moorish Power In Spain
  255. Mormons, Migration In America
  256. Mythology, Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of
  257. Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor Of France
  258. Neolithic And Agriculture, Civilizations Past And Present
  259. Neolithic, Causes Of Civilization, Civilizations Past And Present
  260. Neolithic Transition, Civilizations Past And Present
  261. Neptune, Discovery Of
  262. New Zealand
  263. Newton, Isaac
  264. Nomadic Challenges And Civilized Responses
  265. Norway And Sweden, Union Of
  266. Ottomans: From Frontier Warriors To Empire Builders
  267. Paleolithic Overview, Stone Age
  268. Panama Canal
  269. Parthians
  270. Peoples And Civilizations Of The Americas
  271. Peoples And Civilizations Of The Americas
  272. Persecution Of The Christians In Gaul
  273. Persians
  274. Phoenicians
  275. Philosophy
  276. Pilgrims, English Part I and II
  277. Poland
  278. Poland, First Partition Of
  279. Pontus, A History, Parts I Through V
  280. Puritans, Great Exodus
  281. Prussia
  282. Reason, Age Of
  283. Reason, Reaction Against
  284. Reconstruction Period
  285. Reformation
  286. Reformation And Counter Reformation
  287. Reformation, Council Of Trent
  288. Revolution Of Astronomy By Copernicus
  289. Renaissance, Complete
  290. Renaissance, Beginnings and Progress
  291. Rome From Its Founding To Collapse
  292. Russia, A History
  293. Saladin
  294. Saladin Takes Jerusalem
  295. Saracens In Egypt
  296. Saracens In Syria, Parts I and II
  297. Saracens In Spain
  298. Science, Impact Of
  299. Scotland And William Wallace
  300. Scientific Methods, Birth Of Modern
  301. Science, The History of
  302. Scientific Superiority of Europe
  303. Serbs
  304. Seven Wonders Of The World
  305. Spain, A History of
  306. Spanish Influenza Of 1918
  307. Sumeria, A History Of Ancient Sumer Including Its Cities, Kings, Writing...
  308. Sweden, Liberation Of
  309. Sweden And Norway, Union Of
  310. Swiss, Struggle For Liberty
  311. Telegraph, Invention Of
  312. Terrorism In Early America
  313. Teutonic Knights: Their Organization And History
  314. Thirty Years War
  315. Tours, Battle Of
  316. Turks In Europe
  317. United States And The Westward Movement, Manifest Destiny
  318. United States Of America
  319. United States Government
  320. Vandals
  321. Venice, Founding Of
  322. Vietnam War
  323. Vikings
  324. Warfare
  325. Watt Improves The Steam
  326. Westphalia, Peace Of
  327. Westphalia, Peace Of, War Of The Fronde
  328. Why Study History Through Primary Sources
  329. William Wallace
  330. Women Controversies
  331. Women In The Industrial Revolution
  332. Women In Patriarchal Societies
  333. Women In The Revolutionary Struggle
  334. Women's Rights
  335. Woman Suffrage
  336. World War I, The History Of The Great War From 1914 To 1918
  337. World War II, From Hitler's Rise To The Surrender Of Japan
  338. Writing
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