Exam Preparation

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

This book xplains the main tenets of each of the world’s major faiths/belief systems: Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Accompanying each section are short passages from religious texts, illustrating the points made by the author, who is one of the world’s foremost authorities on comparative religion.

This site contains information on a wide range of African historical topics from prehistory to the present, based on current historical research. Links to audio files of the original radio stories are also available.