From one of the largest providers of online, free education, this resource covers World History from the Beginnings to the 21st Century. However, due to the objective of this course, please limit yourself to only the Beginnings - Renaissance.
Explore the Web
Here are a few outside resources which explore the Ancient World and may help assist you gathering information and ideas. These online resources can also be used as both primary and secondary resources for your research.
The modern world has inherited many cultural elements from ancient civilizations, from communications systems to ways of improving technology. Their stories, battles, and views on life are still relevant today for a full understanding of our world and our cultural legacy.
Ancienthistorylists.com was started as a website to share the ancient history information in interesting top 10 list. Today, Ancienthistorylists.com has more than 300,000 page views a month. Some of the articles were featured in the other popular ancient history magazines and student’s resources center.
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester aims to make available in e-format texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about King Arthur and his associated canon. The project explains the development of Arthurian legend and provides character information, showcases select images, authors, and texts, and suggests related links and guides.
This medieval-oriented blog offers news, articles, videos and general information about the Middle Ages and medieval society. Posts include “Top Ten Medieval Stories of 2010,” “Christmas in the Middle Ages,” “The Black Death,” and “Dancing with Death: Warfare, Wounds and Disease in the Middle Ages,” among others.
A popular introductory Web guide to Medieval History from ThoughtCo. Features a series of brief articles on related topics as well as a few recommended web sites.
Turning the Pages is an award-winning interactive display system developed by The British Library to increase public access and enjoyment of some of its most valuable treasures. Visitors are able to virtually “turn” the pages of manuscripts in a realistic way, using touch-screen technology and animation. Requires free Shockwave plug-in.
This link will direct you to a selection of Leonardo da Vinci's sketches (29 pages) from the British Library in London, England.
Please feel free to browse the museums collection of historical collections.
Explore more than 60 galleries at the British Museum from home.
Our gallery pages feature a range of exciting resources, including virtual tours with Google Street View, object highlights, timelines, family activities and facts.
Below you'll find a list of galleries on the lower floor, ground floor and upper floors, together with two galleries created especially for our online audience, Oceania and Prints and Drawings.
