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World History & Cultures

These pages link to selected collection content available online at the Library of Congress, arranged by broad categories. The Library's online content represents only a small percentage of its physical holdings.

Multiple Regions

Materials found here span multiple geographic areas.

Explore General World History Topics

Asia & the Pacific

  • Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection
  • The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and
    Substance
    ...

Explore More Asian & Pacific History Topics

Africa & the Middle East

  • Crisis in Darfur, Sudan 2006 Web Archive
  • Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy
  • Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu ...

Explore More African & Middle Eastern History Topics

Europe

  • Four Centuries of British-American Relations
  • Prokudin-Gorskii Collection
  • Treasures from the Bibliotheque nationale de France ...

Explore More European History Topics

The Americas

  • The Buccaneers of America
  • Exploring the Early Americas
  • 1507 Waldseemüller Map
  • Hispanic Reading Room Webcasts ...

Explore More The Americas Topics

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