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HISTORYWORLD NEEDS YOU!
Are you a Digital Native? Looking for work experience?
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TIMELINES LINKING TO GOOGLE
Our new timelines, with access to more than 10,000 events in world history, will link you at a click to related search results in either Google Web or Google Images. You can use timelines created by us (see List), or you can use keyword searches to Mix Your Own timelines.
GET WHIZZ QUIZZ ON YOUR SITE
Our popular Whizz Quizz is now available in widget form for you to embed on your own website. Check how it will look and get your widget now.
PLACES IN HISTORY – INTERNATIONAL
See the most significant events in the history of America and Africa, located in Google Maps (other continents to follow). Try Egypt as an example. Or see the full Menu.
PLACES IN HISTORY – LOCAL
The local version of Places in History is a pilot scheme towards a project that we hope to make freely available to local history societies throuhout the United Kingdom. If you would like to become involved at a later stage, please contact us.
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.
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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
If you want something more specific, use our Index Search panel in the top toolbar. The index is alphabetical in printed-book style – so Bunyan, John rather than John Bunyan.
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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The quickest, brightest
quiz on the web
Show what you can do!
 
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Discover how
many questions you can answer in a minute (all the answers are in
HistoryWorld). Your best score will appear on our scoreboard - and so
will those of your friends when you have challenged them to beat you!
TWO SAMPLE QUESTIONS
1) Who tends to cry 'Yaroooooh, you rotters!'? |
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William Hunter
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Billy Bunter
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Benjamin Huntsman
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2) Which was a cryptographer? |
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Violeta Chamorro
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Harry Champion
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Jean François Champollion
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