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NEW! PLACES IN HISTORY
See the most significant events in the history of America and Africa, located in Google Earth and Google Maps (other continents to follow). Try Egypt as an example. Or see the full menu.
Encyclopedia of Britain indexed
Try the index pages of HistoryWorld's comprehensive encyclopedia of the history, heritage and culture of Britain.
The Wellcome History of Medicine
See the medical histories and timelines by Dr Carole Reeves, specially commissioned by the Wellcome Trust for HistoryWorld.
 Go straight to what you need on the web with
TimeSearch
On the Timesearch timelines you can
- find the events that interest you, by area, theme and date
- search at a click for related information and images
Try a sample timeline - selected for
Area (North America) Theme (Politics/War)
Date (1776)
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HISTORYWORLD A to Z
If you know the broad subject you want to read about, you should
probably go straight to the list of our 400
Histories. The titles are arranged alphabetically.
A-B C-D E-G H-L M-O P-R S T-Z
You can choose to read any History either in
its Plain
Text version (quicker to read, and you can print them out)
or in Interactive form.
In the Interactive
version of the Histories you can link at a click to Tours
(letting you travel fast through time on interconnecting trails)
or to WhatWhenWhere
(telling you what was going on elsewhere at the time you are reading
about).
In addition to the Timelines
that you can create for yourself, we also have a number of Curriculum
Timelines specifically designed for the UK history curriculum.
GO TO PARAGRAPH
Each paragraph in Histories and Specialist Articles has its own code, visible in the margin. If you take a note of the code, you can later go straight to the paragraph. Just click 'GO TO PARAGRAPH' below. Elsewhere this option is available at the far top right of the page.
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Could be you
SCORE ??:??.??
WHEN 13:00 - 14:00
 
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Whizz Quizz is an online game in which you can pit your speed and skill against other competitors. A new challenge starts every hour on the hour. If you are the fastest so far, you feature on the Home Page as Whizzard of the Hour.
RULES
1) Which was the real name of Gracie Fields? |
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Edris Stannus
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Grace Stanfield
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Margaret Hookham
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2) Which is on the eastern side of the Aegean? |
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Mycenae
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Tiryns
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Troy
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incorrect =  correct well done = 
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