World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia (formerly Ancient History Encyclopedia) is a non-profit encyclopedia created in 2009 by Jan van der Crabben.

 Organization history 
Van der Crabben founded Ancient History Encyclopedia in 2009 with the stated goal of improving history education worldwide by creating a freely accessible and reliable history source.  The non-profit organization is based in Godalming, United Kingdom and Montreal, Canada, although it has no office and its team is globally distributed.

The site had an emphasis on ancient history when it was founded, but it later shifted to cover the Medieval and early Modern periods as well. In 2021, the organization renamed itself World History Encyclopedia to reflect this change.

 Reception 
The website has received praise by educational organizations and has been recommended by the School Library Journal, the Internet Scout Research Group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, MERLOT and the European Commission's Open Education Europa initiative. In 2016, it won the .eu Web Award for education from the organization EURid.

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