World History

A short readable explainer video about why and how Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to the Americas in 1492.

Many of us may have learned, "In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." However, the question becomes what life was like on these voyages, and how were the indigenous people that Columbus encountered treated?

Want to learn about Ancient Chinese technology? In this unit, you will learn about eight Ancient Chinese technologies. The technologies are papermaking, printing, compass, gunpowder, the Great Wall, porcelain production, and mechanical clocks.