Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the following people for their input and advice in creating this free textbook for use in college World History courses:

• Michael Hembree, Professor (Emeritus) of European History (Johnson County Community College)
• Dr. Sarah Tucker, Retired Professor of Asian History (Washburn University)
• Dr. Marco Macias, Professor of Latin and South American History (Ft. Hays State University)
• Dr. George Pabis, Professor of History (Georgia State University-Perimeter College)

The author would also like to acknowledge his use of the following Open Education Resources in creating this OER textbook:

• Jack Maxfield’s A Comprehensive Outline of World History, an Open Education Resource released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
• Course material published by the Saylor Academy available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
• Course material published by Boundless.com, an Open Education Resource released under the Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• Dr. Christopher Brooks’ Western Civilization: A Concise History – Vol. 3 by , an Open Education Resource released under the Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 4.0 International)