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Ancient History Encyclopedia is changing its name to World History Encyclopedia on 25 February 2021.

Our CEO Jan van der Crabben writes about the organization's history for its 10th anniversary in 2019 (when it was still called Ancient History Encyclopedia). Ancient History Encyclopedia just turned ten! On...

Ancient History Encyclopedia has now been around for almost twelve years. Since then, over 136 million people have used our website to learn about history, making it one of the most-read history publications in...

This collection presents biographies of 21 famous women from world history but those included represent only a small fraction of the many women, from ancient times to the present, who have made a lasting impression...

In which John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? And what does it mean? We've all learned the facts about World War II many times...

The Hellenistic World (from the Greek word Hellas for Greece) is the known world after the conquests of Alexander the Great and corresponds roughly with the Hellenistic Period of ancient Greece...

2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: Crash Course World History #7 In which John introduces you to quite a lot of Chinese history by...

We have some really exciting things happening, and the biggest one is our new name: World History Encyclopedia. We have covered much of the ancient world, and are now working on Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern...

Excerpt from Dave Raymond's Modernity, available for purchase from Compass Classroom http://bit.ly/modernity4u - How did Jesuit Missionaries impact China? What was their role in...

A timeline of world history, chronicling major events and historical eras.