Provides catalysts that sparked the Industrial Revolution. It lists the great inventions of the period. It also gives social conditions of factory workers and city life. Overall, a very comprehensive guide to the Industrial Revolution.

After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, he was forced to renounce his emperorship. The European powers were not going to take any more chances with Napoleon and thereby exiled him to the Island of St. Helena. The diary is by Comte de Las Cases who was part of the small entourage that accompanied Napoleon in his exile.

The Storming of the Bastille, a prison for political opponents of the crown, was a catalyst that sparked the French Revolution.

John Locke was instrumental in the revolution of political thought. He help lay the foundation of democracy for the Western world. 

This site breaks down the life and works of Galileo, one of the most influential scholars of the scientific revolution. 

Divides up Absolutism by country and monarchial line. 

A great timeline of the Reformation period. 

Gives a biographical description of the epitome of the "Renaissance Man."

Describes the social stratification and immense discrepancies in Middle Age class structure.

Julius Caesar established the imperial system in Rome, and extended Roman power. 

Reforms of Lycurgus transformed Sparta into a war-driven city state.