Curated Collections

History Teaching Materials

Collections are a great way to start finding supporting materials for your teaching. They are organised around different themes for which our editorial team selects the most appropriate content from our encyclopedia.

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Changing Worlds: Climate & Disaster in Antiquity

Although climate change has today become a much bigger and more globalised...

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Medicine in the Ancient World

In the ancient world the gods were often held responsible for one's...

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The 12 Olympian Gods

The 12 gods of Mount Olympus were the most important deities in ancient...

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Architecture in the Ancient World

One of the lasting contributions ancient cultures have made to modern...

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Warfare in Ancient China

Chinese warfare involved perhaps the largest and most technologically...

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Trade in the Middle Ages

Peoples, cities and states have traded since antiquity but in the medieval...

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A History of the Crusades

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns waged between Christians...

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Travel & Exploration Before Columbus

Ancient peoples were as curious as ourselves about the wider world and...

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Pottery Through History

Pottery is the great survivor of history. Pottery vessels have rarely...