--- title: World History description: World History examines global historical patterns, cross-cultural interactions, and transnational developments. Learners will understand how different regions of the world connected through trade, migration, empire-building, and the exchange of ideas across different eras. category: humanities subcategory: history difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/world-history --- # World History World History examines global historical patterns, cross-cultural interactions, and transnational developments. Learners will understand how different regions of the world connected through trade, migration, empire-building, and the exchange of ideas across different eras. ## Where to start Start with Crash Course World History from John Green, a free, beginner-level video series on key events, cultures and civilisations. It is also the best single resource if you only use one, as a comprehensive series rather than a study of one period or theory. Then read Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, which argues that geography and environment explain why Eurasian societies came to dominate. ## Available Resources 1 Videos • 2 Books • 1 Courses • 4 Websites ## Courses ### 1. Crash Course World History Explore world history with John Green's engaging Crash Course! Learn about key events, cultures, and civilizations in this comprehensive series. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSAyRDblw4MVJe35TaL-vU_FpBGShH23 **Tags:** world-history, youtube, crash-course ## Videos ### 1. Eric Cline | 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed **Author:** Eric H. Cline Lecture by archaeologist Eric H. Cline on the collapse of Late Bronze Age societies in the Eastern Mediterranean around 1177 BC, examining the Sea Peoples, drought, earthquakes and broken trade networks, and arguing that interacting stresses brought down an interconnected world. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyry8mgXiTk **Tags:** bronze-age-collapse, late-bronze-age, eastern-mediterranean, sea-peoples, archaeology ## Podcasts ### 1. The Columbian **Author:** Stefano Galleani Imagine a world without tomatoes in Italy or horses in America—unthinkable, right? The Colombian Exchange changed history forever, bringing new foods, animals, and deadly diseases across continents… but at what cost? **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-columbian-exchange--6535080 **Tags:** columbian-exchange, world-history, podcast ## Books ### 1. Guns, Germs, and Steel **Author:** Jared Diamond Argues that geography and environment, not innate ability, explain why Eurasian societies developed agriculture, technology, and immunity to disease earlier and came to dominate other civilizations across the last 13,000 years. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0099302780?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, history ### 2. Colored Cosmopolitanism **Author:** Nico Slate Nico Slate's history of the links between African American and Indian freedom struggles from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s, including Du Bois, Gandhi and King. Readers see how activists exchanged tactics and ideas across borders and where those solidarities failed. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674979729?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** civil-rights-movement, indian-independence, transnational-solidarity, anticolonialism, african-american-history ## Websites ### 1. PBS Empires Companion site to the PBS Empires documentary series on classical Greece, first-century Rome, New Kingdom Egypt, early Islam, the Medici, Martin Luther, Napoleon, Victorian Britain and Tokugawa Japan. Each program site adds background articles, helping learners compare how these empires rose, ruled and declined. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://pbs.org/empires **Tags:** world-history, empires, ancient-history, early-modern-history, documentaries ### 2. whc.unesco.org UNESCO's World Heritage Centre is the official portal for the World Heritage Convention, featuring the worldwide World Heritage List and Tentative List. It provides detailed site profiles (cultural and natural), criteria, maps, conservation news, nomination procedures, and related resources and documents. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://whc.unesco.org **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, history ### 3. worldhistory.org World History Encyclopedia is a nonprofit educational site that provides accessible encyclopedia-style articles on world history, complemented by images, maps, and timelines from ancient civilizations to the modern era. It also offers classroom resources, quizzes, and educator guides for students and teachers. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://worldhistory.org **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, history ### 4. bbc.co.uk/history BBC History is an educational hub offering accessible articles, features, timelines, videos, and interactive content on global history and major events. It also provides classroom resources and study guides for students and teachers. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://bbc.co.uk/history **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, history --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/world-history