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Textbooks

Ancient History Sourcebook
Both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online texts, the goal of Fordham University's Sourcebook series is to provide and organize primary texts for use in classroom situations.
The Avalon Project
A project of the Yale Law School providing full-text access to documents from ancient history to today in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
The History Guide
An online textbook covering European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989. Includes extensive links to western civilization resources for historians on the Web.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online texts, the goal of Fordham University's Sourcebook series is to provide and organize primary texts for use in classroom situations.
World Digital Library
This collection includes images of primary materials from around the world and spanning a timeline of 8000BC to the present. The WDL was created by the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Saylor Foundation
Ancient Civilizations of the World
Saylor Foundation
Rome, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
Open Course Library
Western Civilization
Saylor Foundation
Medieval Europe
Saylor Foundation
History of Europe 1000-1800
Saylor Foundation
Historical Methodology

Videos

Ancient History
"Explore Ancient History, including videos, pictures, and articles on cultures such as Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and more." From History.com
Before 1300: Ancient and Medieval history
This Khan Academy collection of video tutorials discusses the Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, and Rome.
Middle Ages
"Find out more about the history of Middle Ages, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more." From History.com.
Italian Renaissance
"Find out more about the history of Italian Renaissance, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more." From History.com.

MIT OpenCourseWare

Emergence of Europe 500-1300
"This course surveys the social, cultural, and political development of western Europe between 500 and 1350."
History of Western Thought 500-1300
"This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Our basic premise will be that the triumph of Christianity in the west was not the inevitable outcome it might appear from hindsight."
The Renaissance 1300-1600
"In this class, we will highlight the history of humanism, but we will also study religious reformations, high politics, the agrarian world, and European conquest and expansion abroad in the period."