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This book is considered the classic one-volume comprehensive history of the Russian Empire. It is used in most college-level survey courses.

This is an abridged version of the standard three-volume work on the history of the Byzantine Empire by one of the best historians in the field.

This site contains articles about the Egyptian pharaonic system as well as its influence on Egyptian culture.

This web site about Asian history contains timelines, brief narratives and excellent graphics. It also contains primary sources relating to each topic.

This website contains a series of streaming videos from the Public Broadcasting series “Bridging World History” and a searchable database of maps.

This short web essay explains the role of Central Asia in the “great game” between Britain and Russia as part of the jockeying for power during imperialism.

This short essay explains the Ming Dynasty’s voyages of exploration and their trade and diplomatic efforts in the Indian Ocean basin.

Cracking the AP World History Exam reviews world history topics and includes two full-length practice AP World History tests.

This two volume reader provides primary source documents covering the span of world history.

See also: Documents in World History, Volume II: The Modern Centuries, From 1500 to the Present

This website, put together by Dr. Eric Mayer of Victor Valley College, contains U.S. and world history lectures and resources from prehistory to the present.

This book is a synthesis of major trends in world social history, covering the earliest civilizations through the twentieth century. Topics include gender, work and leisure, state and society, culture, contact, and population patterns. The book is particularly strong in its discussion of major changes and continuities across chronological periods.

This site provides an overview of the Byzantine Empire, including maps and a timeline.It also contains images of Byzantine art and architecture.

These pages, which are part of The Why Files web site from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains the key features of Neolithic societies and the transition to sedentary agriculture.

A relatively brief historical atlas, designed primarily for quick reference work. It covers virtually the entirety of world history from the earliest civilizations to the present.

This article was first published in the Fall 2004 edition of the publication Education about Asia. It traces the historical roots of Hinduism through its Vedic tradition, as well as its interaction with Buddhism.

The History of Western Civilization is an online course through Boise State University that is taught by E.L. Skip Knox. This course offers in-depth readings on topics ranging from ancient Greece through the Scientific Revolution in the Early Modern Period.

HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. Over 2,000 files are interconnected throughout the site. In addition to that, HyperHistory provides several hundred links to the world wide web. The growing site itself contains presently over 50 MB of images and text files.

This podcast from the BBC focuses on the history of ideas through discussions with Melvyn Bragg and guests. The history archive includes shows such as "The Death of Elizabeth I - plots, plague and politics," "Akhenaten - history's first individual," and "Magna Carta - foundation of law or rich man's charter?". The podcasts can be accessed using the free Real Player software or downloaded through iTunes.

This essay contains information about India’s historical role in trade and its interactions with other cultures up to the present day.

Also see:
India: A Geographic Sketch
India: A Historical Overview

This is a comprehensive online database for primary sources. It is subdivided by historical periods and by region.

These lectures by Lynn H. Nelson were produced for a freshman-level course at the University of Kansas. They cover the era from the High Roman Empire through the Age of Discovery.

Braudel is one of the foremost “big picture” social historians in the world. This book covers the rise of the early civilizations (Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Egypt, Crete) through Greece and Rome, not from the standpoint of battles but in terms of the “ebb and flow of cultures.”

This informative, interactive site web site from the British Museum focuses on the cultural traditions of Mesopotamian civilizations

This book provides a solid overview of Mesoamerican civilizations in the area that would become Mexico, showing the links between cultures.

This author, one of the leaders in the comparative World History movement, takes on a broad historical overview of human migration from prehistoric times to the present, including forced and voluntary migrations.