World History Reading Passages

Let us travel over three thousand years of the history of African kings. The leaders of Ancient Egypt are known […]

China is the oldest continuing culture in the world. The Chinese people orally developed creation stories to explain their origins

Alhaji Alhassan Dantata (1877-1955) became West Africa’s richest man. He was born in Northern Nigeria to a wealthy trading family.

Nigeria honored Alvan Ikoku by placing him on their 10-dollar (Naira) Note. He was an educator, activist, politician, and statesman.

Today, a staggering 40% of Africans embrace Christianity, a faith that wove its way into the continent’s fabric centuries ago.

Ancient India began in 5000 BCE. A rich collection of creation accounts arose to help explain the meaning of their

Medieval Africa was home to great empires. When people saw the ruins of one, they thought King Solomon himself built

Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1) celebrates African American culture. Kwanzaa is a product of the Black Power Movement of

Mansa Musa (1280-1337) was the wealthiest man in history. He left people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk in the

Ancient Egypt thrived for thousands of years thanks to the Nile River providing rich soil that gave life to a

The Bible tells us that Jesus had two dads, including his human father, Joseph. Historians are more comfortable discussing Joseph.

“Moors” were Muslims who controlled parts of Europe for almost eight hundred years. The tragic hero of Shakespeare’s play Othello

Sparta was a powerful city-state in Ancient Greece. It was an oligarchy ruled by a small number of male citizens.

Travel back to ancient Egypt, and meet the captivating Hatshepsut, a trailblazing figure born in 1504 BCE. In her twenties,

Many kings over the centuries had a LOT of children, even in the hundreds, including the “Bull of Swazi” in

Nigeria’s independence in the 1960s started an unstable period of military coups and a failed civil war. Murtala Ramat Muhammed

Nzinga Mbande’s (1583-1663) destiny was to do great things. Only men are kings? No problem! She outwitted all her enemies

The Ghana Empire was the earliest of the three major medieval West African kingdoms. After a heyday between the 9th

During the Middle Ages, knights were the ultimate warriors, serving their lords with unwavering loyalty. The path to knighthood was