World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500

A study of ancient civilizations from human evolution through the fall of Rome, covering Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China, Greece, and Rome. Organized by units with sources and historiographical notes for distance-learning students.

Dr. Binod Bihari Satpathy

OpenStax US history textbook spanning pre-Columbian peoples through the early twenty-first century, with chronological chapters on colonization, revolution, slavery, expansion, industrialization, world wars, and the civil rights era. Rich illustrations and primary source excerpts.

P. Scott Corbett, Jay Precht

OpenStax world history volume one, covering prehistory through 1500 with thematic units on early human migration, river valley civilizations, classical empires, world religions, and the medieval period across all continents.

Ann Kordas, Ryan J. Lynch

A historiographical case study of the Peter Ryan and Manning Clark controversy, examining how reputations and historical narratives are made, defended, and contested. Doug Munro reconstructs the dispute with extensive archival research.

Doug Munro