This website focuses on exploration and offers links to Ancient Exploration, Medieval Exploration, The "Age of Discovery" and Modern Exploration. It also provides pictured links to four explorers: currently they are Christopher Columbus,...

A description of the culture and traditions of the samurai in medieval Japan.

Collection of 21 Grade-Leveled texts (4-11) on the topic "Ancient Civilizations Around the World." Learn about ancient and medieval civilizations from South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in this text set. [Free account...

Learn about Japan's Medieval Age: The Kamakura & Muromachi Periods. It contains themes, essays, lesson plans, and resources.

As part of a unit on Arthurian literature and medieval culture, learners imagine they are reporters living in the realm of King Arthur and create newsletters/newspapers based on their study and research.

Studying the Art of the Islamic world is challenging, partially because of the large geographic and chronological scope of Islam. In order to simplify the study of Islamic Art, it has been divided into chronological periods: Early,...

The Song dynasty was the second great "medieval" period of China. Northern Song (while it lasted) and the Southern Song (from 1127 until 1279) achieved incredible feats of learning, science, art, and philosophy. International trade and...

Students explore the essential qualities of a leader and/or hero and the journey required for someone to become one. They consider how Anglo-Saxon and medieval writings have influenced the concept of modern-day heroes in literature....

Students learn how the stereotypes and characterization of Chaucer's pilgrims reflect his views of religious corruption and social boundaries in the medieval period. They will consider how the themes reflected in the general Prologue...

Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...

A brief account of the universities established in Europe during the Middle Ages.

A tool to assist in understanding life during the Middle Ages. Study guide questions help learners focus on the key facts from knights and lords to crime and entertainment.

History Questions: History of Knights Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

History Questions: Coat of Arms Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

History Questions: Tournaments and Chivalry Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

This site from the Fordham University provides a text by Niccolo Machiavelli about the history of Florence and Lorenzo de'Medici. It contains a biography about the great Florentine and how his life influenced the great Renaissance city.

A simple definition for "rose window" and a diagram showing where the window usually is located in a cathedral or building.

This site contains a formal definition for the architectural term: "flying buttress." Also included is an illustration and an audio file which demonstrates how to pronounce the word.

Definition of a horseshoe arch and a picture of one.

This is an essay on the role of philosophy in Islam according to Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, who are Islamic philosophers and writers from the Middle Ages.

A history quiz about knights armor and weapons.

History for Kids presents a brief history of leather armor of the Middle Ages, including how it was made and who wore it. Teacher resources include activities, worksheets and quizzes.

This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, contains the text of a town charter granted to the people of Bruges by Philip, Count of Flanders in 1190.

A discussion of how Islamic medicine was influenced not only by Greeks and Romans, but also by the restrictions of the Islamic religion.