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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees ...

Over the past 100 years, we’ve witnessed some of the most profound changes in human history. Between a pandemic, wars, technological developments, progress in civil rights, and breakthroughs in ...

After nearly three years of horrific, industrialized war raged across Europe and repeated German effrontery, the United ...

The Treaty of Tordesillas, between Portugal and Spain (technically its component Kingdom of Castile), was negotiated by the Papacy and divided newly discovered lands outside of Europe between the two ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and ...