A free, interactive course in medieval and contemporary history.
A history course in two units: medieval history — late antiquity, Byzantium, the Church, the Islamic world, Carolingian Europe, feudal society, towns and commerce, the feudal monarchies and the crisis of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; and contemporary history — the debate over modernity, demographic and economic change, the age of revolutions, nationalism and liberalism, imperialism and the road through two World Wars.
2 units · 20 lessons · 294 practice questions · 7 languages · free on the web and Android
Start this course freeHistory II covers two long stretches of the past in short lessons, each followed by practice questions with instant feedback on causes, sequences and sources.
The medieval unit runs from late antiquity and the Germanic kingdoms, Byzantium and the making of the Islamic world, through Carolingian Europe and feudal society, to the renewal of Christendom, towns and commerce, the feudal monarchies and the crisis of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The contemporary unit starts from what "contemporary history" means and follows demographic and economic change, the Atlantic and French revolutions, 1848 and nationalism, the extra-European world, colonialism and imperialism, and the path from 1870 to the Second World War.
Every lesson explanation in History II is free to read on the web. Practice questions and interactive scenes are in the app.
Yes. History II is free on Tryals, on the web and on Android.
2 units, 20 lessons and 294 practice questions. It is self-paced: each lesson is short, followed by questions with instant feedback, and your progress is saved across devices.
English, Catalan, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. You can switch language inside the app.
No. Questions focus on causes, consequences and ordering events, so you understand how one period leads to the next.
History I covers historical method, prehistory and the ancient world; History II continues with the medieval and contemporary periods. They can be taken in either order.