Textbooks
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Ancient Civilizations of the WorldSaylor Foundation
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Ancient History SourcebookBoth a classroom resource and the largest collection of online texts, the goal of Fordham University's Sourcebook series is to provide and organize primary texts for use in classroom situations.
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The Avalon ProjectA project of the Yale Law School providing full-text access to documents from ancient history to today in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
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Boundless World HistoryLumen Learning
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Internet Medieval SourcebookBoth a classroom resource and the largest collection of online texts, the goal of Fordham University's Sourcebook series is to provide and organize primary texts for use in classroom situations.
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Modern World HistoryWorld history after 1500 from Minnesota State Universities.
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Rome, the Roman Republic and the Roman EmpireSaylor Foundation
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Western Civilization: A Concise History Vol. 1Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.
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Western Civilization: A Concise History Vol. 2Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment.
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Western Civilization: A Concise History Vol. 3Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.
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World Digital LibraryThis collection includes images of primary materials from around the world and spanning a timeline of 8000BC to the present. The WDL was created by the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Plague Diaries: Firsthand Accounts of Epidemics, 430 B.C. to A.D. 1918Includes background, first-hand accounts, graphics, mini-glossaries, and discussion questions. License allows you to use as much or as little as you'd like and adapt with attribution.
Videos
Ancient History - "Explore Ancient History, including videos, pictures, and articles on cultures such as Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and more." From History.com
Before 1300: Ancient and Medieval history - This Khan Academy collection of video tutorials discusses the Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, and Rome.
Middle Ages - "Find out more about the history of Middle Ages, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more." From History.com.
Italian Renaissance - "Find out more about the history of Italian Renaissance, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more." From History.com.
MIT OpenCourseWare
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Emergence of Europe 500-1300"This course surveys the social, cultural, and political development of western Europe between 500 and 1350."
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History of Western Thought 500-1300"This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Our basic premise will be that the triumph of Christianity in the west was not the inevitable outcome it might appear from hindsight."
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The Renaissance1300-1600"In this class, we will highlight the history of humanism, but we will also study religious reformations, high politics, the agrarian world, and European conquest and expansion abroad in the period."