We're a non-profit company publishing the world's most-read history encyclopedia.

Our mission is to improve historical literacy worldwide through the creation of the most complete, freely accessible, and reliable resource about history online.

Studying history helps us gain a more nuanced understanding of the world we live in today. Our knowledge and interpretation of history shape how we define ourselves as nations and as cultures, and it influences how we see and interact with other cultures. We help people across the globe gain a deeper, fundamental knowledge of our interconnected human past in order to create curious, open-minded, and tolerant societies in the future.

We help teachers, students and schools by providing them with reliable, easy-to-read and high quality educational history resources entirely for free.

By creating an engaging and exciting encyclopedia, we have inspired millions to learn more about other cultures and our shared human past.

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