DAILY LIFE THROUGH HISTORY

ABC-CLIO’s Daily Life Through History delivers a fresh way of teaching and learning the core history curriculum. It captivates students by imbuing dry and dull facts with vibrant reality, helping them see elements of today’s world in past events.

The database examines the often-unexplored daily lives of ordinary people throughout history and across the globe, providing details about family dynamics, work, clothing, food, sports, literature, language, education, social customs, gender roles, and more. This exploration of everyday life helps students to compare their lives to those who came before to discern how the past has informed the present, bolstering their ability to make connections and spot causal relationships.

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Prehistory, Beginnings to 1000 BCE

  • Aboriginal Australia
  • Prehistoric Europe
  • The Fertile Crescent

Egypt and the Near East, 3200-500 BCE

  • Ancient Egypt
  • Hebrew World

Ancient Asia, 3000 BCE-500 CE

  • The Indus Valley
  • Han Dynasty

Ancient Greece, 2000-30 BCE

  • Minoan Civilization
  • Mycenaean Culture
  • Athens and Sparta

Ancient Rome, 1000 BCE-500 CE

  • Roman Empire

The Byzantine Empire and Russia, 300-1500 CE

  • Byzantine Empire
  • Kievan Rus

The Islamic World, 600-1500 CE

  • Early Muslim World
  • Ottoman Empire

Africa, 3000 BCE-1500 CE

  • Medieval Africa

The Americas, 3000 BCE-1500 CE

  • Anasazi Culture
  • Cahokia
  • Inca Civilization
  • Mesoamerica and South America Before 1500

Central and East Asia, 500-1500

  • Dynastic China
  • Mongol Empire
  • Heian Japan

The Middle Ages, 500-1500

  • Carolingian Europe
  • Viking Age
  • Medieval Europe
  • Black Death

The Emergence of Modern Europe, 1500-1700

  • Reformation
  • Elizabethan England
  • Renaissance Europe
  • Spanish Inquisition

The World Beyond Europe, 1500-1776

  • Age of Sail
  • North America in the Age of Discovery
  • Mesoamerica and South America in the Age of Discovery
  • Plains Indian World
  • Colonial North America
  • Colonial Latin America
  • British and Dutch Africa

The Age of Reason and Revolutions, 1700-1800

  • Enlightenment Europe
  • 18th-Century England
  • Revolutionary America

Spheres of Influence, 1776-1914

  • Tokugawa Japan
  • 19th-Century Latin America
  • Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa
  • Qing China
  • Colonial Australia
  • British India

The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Nationalism, 1800-1914

  • Civil War America
  • American West
  • Industrial America
  • Victorian England

The World at War, 1914-1945

  • 1920s America
  • Japanese Internment

The Cold War Era, 1945-1991

  • Soviet Union
  • 20th-Century India
  • 20th-Century Japan
  • 20th-Century Latin America
  • Europe in the 20th Century

A New Millennium, 1991-present

  • Contemporary America
  • China in the 21st Century
  • Modern Russia
  • Modern Vietnam
  • Islam in the Modern World

Created explicitly for middle and high school students, each database includes:

  • A comprehensive reference library from more than 230,000 primary sources, including audio, video, photographs, illustrations, maps, and rich media
  • A standards-based curriculum updated every day by a team of subject matter experts and supported by an exhaustive range of instructional material
  • An expansive library of model commentaries from noted scholars to help foster critical thinking by exposing students to multiple points of view
  • An educator support center with helpful, professional development tools plus educational resources like discussion points, activities, and lesson plans

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