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📜 Documents

Why Study History?

Understanding the past to make sense of the present and future

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Learn from the Past

Understand how ancient civilizations, empires, and societies rose and fell, providing crucial lessons for contemporary challenges and decision-making.

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Global Perspective

Explore world history across continents and eras, understanding diverse cultures, conflicts, and collaborations that shaped our interconnected world.

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Critical Thinking

Develop analytical skills by examining historical evidence, evaluating sources, and understanding cause-and-effect relationships throughout time.

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Career Opportunities

Open doors to careers in education, research, museum curation, journalism, law, public policy, and cultural heritage preservation.

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Cultural Literacy

Gain deep understanding of cultural movements, revolutions, and social changes that define modern identity and contemporary political landscapes.

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Understand democratic institutions, human rights evolution, and political systems through historical context, becoming a more engaged and informed citizen.

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🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
⚔️ Military History
👑 Medieval Europe
🌍 World Wars
🗽 American History
🏺 Archaeology
📜 Historical Documents
🎨 Renaissance
⚡ Industrial Revolution
🌏 Asian History
🗿 Colonial Era
✊ Civil Rights
🏰 Byzantine Empire
📖 Historiography
🌊 Maritime History
🔬 Scientific Revolution

Repatriation or political theatre? How the return of stolen artefacts can distort history

The Conversation
By Will Brehm
History Intermediate
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Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence

The Coversation
By Maurizio Valsania
History Advanced
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The legend of Troy explained

The Conversation
By Marguerite Johnson
History Intermediate
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The philosophers who predicted “ultimate” forms of consciousness

Big Think
By Thomas Moynihan
History Advanced
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How the Trauma of Japanese Internment Can Help Us Understand Today’s Immigration Struggles

Greater Good
By Satsuki Ina
History Intermediate
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The World War Two bomber that cost more than the atomic bomb

BBC
By Stephen Dowling
History Intermediate
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Lesson from the past

The Telegraph
By Karolina Lempert Ph.D.
History Advanced
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The Post-Imperial Hangover

OPEN
By Roderick Matthews
History Advanced
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Millions of Maya Still Call Mesoamerica Home.

Swmithsonian
By Aurora Martínez
History Intermediate
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Why Indians were discouraged from migrating to Cuba in the early 20th century

Scroll
By Ajay Kamalakaran
History Intermediate
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Why history is always political

Aeon
By Sam Hazelly
History Advanced
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Jawaharlal Nehru: The man who refused to be Caesar

News Indian Express
By Shashi Tharoor
History Intermediate
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