SVHS Western Civ

This is about the European Industrial Revolution with events, inventions, and what changes occurred as a result.

This BBC article contains a full biography on Napoleon Bonaparte including his early life, marriage, and obviously military history. 

This site offers an overview of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. It includes information about his successes in war as well as his social life.

This is a biography on Napoleon Bonaparte, giving a full description of his life, most specifically as a military leader.

An extensive article that goes in-depth and discusses not only Enlightenment as the overall intellectual movement but also some of the more intricate details and philosophies/art that came of it.

This website offers an article concerning the enlightenment 

This is a site from Stanford that addresses the Enlightenment period, more specifically the philosophy studied during the time.

This explores the French Revolution, fully equipped with summaries, specific events, and a deeper description that gives a better understanding to the entire Revolution and why it all played out the way that it did.

This is a site from Ohio State University that describes the development of the Scientific Revolution and the results of it.

This website offers a brief description of  political absolutism 

This describes absolutism as the political doctrine, because I for one know that I wasn't too sure exactly what it was.

This is a biography on Martin Luther, one of the "main players" in the Protestant Reformation.

This is a thorough site with basically any information you could want to know about the Italian Renaissance, with specific examples on painting, sculpture, and art that was created during this time, giving you a deeper insight into the culture and expression of the time.

This is an interactive website that gives you a better feel of what it would have been like to live in the Middle Ages.

History channel website includes links to videos about Ancient Rome as well as articles and descriptions.

This page begins with a very brief overview of the reign of the Roman empire. It then has links that you can click on to get more info on people, groups, themes, events, and other related topics, before going into a more detailed description of the entire empire in order of sequence.

a listing of events  about World War 1 from BBC 

A biography of Thomas Alva Edison 

This is a timeline of Napoleon Bonaparte's life 

Provides a vast amount of information of events during the French Revolution.

This is the Encyclopedia Britannica's article on the French Revolution  

Numerous articles about the scientific revolution, including background, timelines, biographies, etc.

This website offers biographies, outlines, timelines, and other articles related to the scientific revolution. 

From Yale University, this article describes much about the Industrial Revolution.

Outlines the major aspects of the Industrial Revolution including agricultural, technological, and industrial developments and changes and the global effect it had.

This website descries Napoleon and his life

A thorough biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. Includes various informational videos about Napoleon's life and military expansion

Focuses mainly on the storming of the Bastille, but also provides historical context and breaks down the key players

This source provides a good, general background on the Scientific Revolution and some of the major minds and contributors to this period, such as Copernicus, Galileo, etc. It has a specific focus on astronomical discoveries.

This website gives an in depth history of Napoleon, including his childhood, rise to power, personal life, his reign and ultimate downfall.