World History
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Prehistory
Ancient History
- From the advent of writing to the sack of Rome in 476 BC.
A diagram showing Egypt's pyramid complex in Giza as it correlates with the stars in the constellation Orion. Even the Nile River to the left seems to line up with the Milky Way. Other similarities have been discovered in the ruins of Angkor Wat and of the Anasazi.
- Anatolia -- Hittites, Çatalhöyük, Phrygia, Lydia and other cultures and places in modern day Turkey
- China -- From the Xia Dynasty through the Han Dynasty.
| Antiquities Great Pyramid of Giza | Hieroglyphs Religion |
| Alexander the Great Athens | Religion and Mythology |
- Mesopotamia -- The "land between the rivers" is now called Iraq.
- Persia -- Just as Istanbul was once Constantinople, Iran was once Persia.
- Phoenicia The Mediterranean thalassocracy based in modern day Lebanon.
| Antiquities
Germanic Invasions and the Fall of Rome Imperial Era: 30 BC - 476 AD |
Life in Ancient Rome Republican Era: 510 BC - 30 BC |
Medieval History
- From the sack of Rome in 476 BC to: 1453, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople and the end of the Hundred Years War; or 1455, when the printing press was invented; or the Italian Renaissance; or 1492, when Columbus thought he reached India and the Muslim conquest of Spain.
Modern History
- From the Renaissance of the 15th Century to the present.
History by Country
The library has resources specific to many other countries. Below are the countries with large collections and their call numbers.
 Brazil
 Iran |
981 955 |  Iraq
 United States |
956.7 973 |
