Bloomsbury / ABC-CLIO provides original and exciting research databases to inspire life-long learning for today’s students and scholars.
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Explores ancient civilizations, dynasties, and empires and profiles city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient and medieval world, providing a dynamic learning experience that encompasses intellectual developments, wars and cooperation, religion, cultural practices, and more from prehistory through to the beginning of the Renaissance.
Provides for comprehensive study of the emergence of the modern world, covering the history of the world from 1500 to the present. Students will learn about the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; revolutions in France and Latin America; imperialism; nationalism; World Wars I and II; growing global powers, and more.
Spans more than 50 religions practiced throughout the world, including both those that have flourished into the 21st century and those that are no longer practiced. Nearly 10,000 reference entries and primary sources illustrate important religious figures, core beliefs, customs and practices, celebrations and holidays, significant and sacred places, and momentous events from faiths including agnosticism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Shinto. In addition, a collection of scholarly discussions offers compelling analysis of key topics and the range of historical and current debates in religious studies.
Connects student researchers with more than 15,000 primary and secondary sources to drive analysis of the geographical, political, social, economic, and cultural forces at play in the modern globalized world. The study of individual nations and demographic comparisons between countries are both served by the database’s structure, which presents content by region but also allows for advanced searching.