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The use of the World History Encyclopedia website (www.worldhistory.org) and its associated World History mobile app (the “Publication”) is subject to this Terms of Use (this “Agreement”), and by accessing or using any content or other resources in the Publication, you execute and accept this Agreement as a contract between you and World History Publishing Ltd., a company registered in England and Wales under company number 08107316 (“we,” “us,” “our,” and “World History Encyclopedia”) whose registered address is at Brook House, Mint Street, Godalming, England, GU7 1HE. Please read this Agreement carefully and if you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, you must not use our Publication.

Key Points

  • There are other terms that may apply to you
  • We may make changes to these terms ⤵
  • We may make suspend, withdraw, or make changes to our site ⤵
  • We may transfer this agreement to someone else ⤵
  • Our site is subject to the laws of England and Wales ⤵
  • You must keep your account details safe ⤵
  • How you may use material on our site ⤵
  • No text or data mining, or web scraping ⤵
  • Rules about linking to our site ⤵
  • Our trademarks are registered ⤵
  • We are not responsible for websites we link to ⤵
  • Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you ⤵ & ⤵
  • How we may use your personal information ⤵
  • Which country's laws apply to any disputes ⤵

Terms of Use

  1. Use of Our Content.
    1. Where the Publication provides content with a reference to a separate license, including near the bottom of the page under “License & Copyright,” your reproduction and other use of that content is governed by both that separate license (that “CC License”) and this Agreement. Where a CC License requires attribution, you are required: (i) to acknowledge the author listed on the page and “World History Encyclopedia”; and if you’re publishing online, (ii) to include a link to the content’s page on our Publication. You may use the examples of attribution on that page (if any) under “Cite this Work.”
    2. The following are examples (in a non-exhaustive list) of media that must not include any of our content licensed under “NonCommercial” CC Licenses:
      1. Any publication not made available free of charge, whether that publication is online, in print, by video, or any in other medium, including books, journals, and textbooks for sale (including indirectly through institutional subscriptions).
      2. Any website or other resource with the primary purpose of promoting a commercial product, service, or brand or any other profit-generating enterprise, regardless of whether or not that resource is provided free of charge.
      3. Any creative work licensed to a third party in exchange for compensation, including video documentaries licensed to a television network or streaming platform.
    3. Examples of the “NonCommercial” media that may include content under our CC Licenses include any of the following media (in a non-exhaustive list), provided it’s not listed above in Section 1.b:
      1. Teaching materials given to learners free of charge in school classrooms, as homework, or as part of homeschooling, including through printed handouts and digital media.
      2. Any website that is personal, educational, academic, or research-oriented.
      3. A thesis document or other academic paper submitted by a student at an educational establishment.
    4. You are not authorized to republish or otherwise reproduce any content marked with “copyright” or a “©” symbol on our Publication, unless the page includes authorization under a Creative Commons or other license or a public domain notice.
    5. Regardless of licensing terms listed on any Publication page, screen or elsewhere, we do not allow large-scale reproduction or republication our works, even for NonCommercial purposes. This restriction applies to unmodified content as well as derivative content, like translations. Examples of such forbidden large-scale use include (in a non-exhaustive list): (i) reproduction or republication of more than 10 works in the same publication; and (ii) republication of hundreds of articles from our Publication.
  2. Code of Conduct.
    1. You shall not to try to hack, reverse engineer, modify, or otherwise subvert the Publication or take any action that would impede the proper publication or functioning of the Publication.
    2. Except for search engines and archives, you are not permitted to crawl, process, index, store, or otherwise use our Publication through automated program, device, algorithm or other method without our prior written consent. You may not use, and may not authorise any third party to use, the Publication or any content we make available on the Publication in any manner that (i) is a source of or substitute for the Publication or the content; (ii) affects our ability to earn money in connection with the Service or the content; or (iii) competes with the Publication. These restrictions apply to any robot, spider, scraper, web crawler, or other automated means or any similar manual process, or any software used to access the Publication. You further agree not to violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers of the Publication, if any, or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to the Publication by automated means.
    3. You are not permitted to use content from our Publication to train any machine learning artificial intelligence or other software without our prior written consent.
    4. You shall not register on our Publication, create a profile, or submit any content to the Publication except as follows:
      1. You must be at least 13 years old.
      2. You shall not use our website for link-building purposes.
      3. You shall not create profiles automatically or algorithmically.
      4. You shall take no action that would assist a third party to gain access to the account of a registered user, and you shall not disclose your login details to any third party.
      5. You shall not register an account for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the Publication or interfering with other users.
      6. You shall not attempt to impersonate anyone.
    5. You recognize and agree that:
      1. We may terminate and permanently delete any account involved in a violation of this Agreement.
      2. We may delete any content from the Publication.
      3. We may ban individual IP or email addresses from accessing our Publication.
  3. Trademarks. Nothing in this Agreement or related to your use of the Publication grants you any licence or right to use our trademarks or those in third party content.
  4. Disclaimers.
    1. CONTENT ON OUR PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE, WARRANTY, OR REPRESENTATION AS TO QUALITY OR SUITABILITY FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE PROVIDE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (i) IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR (ii) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE OF TRADE.
    2. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION 4.a ABOVE, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON CONTENT PUBLISHED ON OUR PUBLICATION.
  5. Limit of Liability. OUR AGGREGATE AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OUR PUBLICATION WILL NOT EXCEED £1,000 (U.K). IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS RESULTING FROM ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR PUBLICATION. THE LIABILITIES LIMITED BY THIS SECTION 5 APPLY: (a) TO LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE; (b) REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE; (c) EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DAMAGES IN QUESTION AND EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE; AND (d) EVEN IF YOUR REMEDIES FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. If applicable law limits application of Section 4, or of this Section 5, our liability will be limited to the maximum extent allowed and we do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. The liabilities limited by Section 4 and by this Section 5 include (in a non-exhaustive list) liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Our liability limits and other rights in this Section 5 apply likewise to our employees, agents, officers, insurers, advisors, board members, and other representatives.
  6. Personal Data. You recognize that we have the right to manage data you submit to our Publication pursuant to our Privacy Policy and that we may modify our privacy policy at any time and for any reason.
  7. Children's Data. Under UK law, including the Children's Code, children have the right to report concerns and manage their personal data. If you are a child or a parent/guardian acting on their behalf, you can report inappropriate content or request the deletion of a child's personal data by emailing us at the general enquiry email address displayed on our Contact Us page. We will handle all requests carefully and in line with our legal obligations.
  8. Advertising. You recognize and agree that:
    1. we are not responsible or liable for advertisements on our Publication or for any content linked to those advertisements; and
    2. we do not edit advertisements on our Publication, and we do not endorse or approve any such advertisement or its underlying product or service.
  9. Miscellaneous.
    1. We may suspend, withdraw, or revise the content of the Publication from time to time.
    2. Your access to and use of our Publication is subject to the version of this Agreement posted at the time of such access and use, not any prior version.
    3. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. If this happens, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our Publication. Such notification shall be deemed sufficient and effective notice to all users. We will always notify you in writing via our Publication if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.
    4. Our Publication and this Agreement are governed by the Laws of England and Wales and subject to the sole jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.