Category: Editorial
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Announcing our partnership with Pangram Labs
Of all the resources and infrastructure that make World History Encyclopedia a reliable resource to readers worldwide, the most important is our Editorial Policy, which is closely implemented by our incredible editorial team. In 2025, we updated this policy to also address the use of AI: “In accordance with our AI Policy, all article submissions…
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Announcing History AI Chat
We are excited to announce the launch of our History AI Chat – a new way to explore the vast historical knowledge stored on World History Encyclopedia. It’s a credible AI using only reliable sources, designed for educational use. 🏛️ Credible Sources & Trustworthy AI ChatGPT and other popular AI chatbots draw on the entire…
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Why Non-Profits Must Make a Profit
As you know, World History Encyclopedia is a non-profit organisation, and proudly so. Having a mission for the greater good and not answering to investors or shareholders allows us to focus on doing the right thing, not on revenue. Revenue is always a secondary consideration for us. For example, last month we were approached with…
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AI at World History Encyclopedia
With the start of 2025, we have now firmly arrived in the era of artificial intelligence. When people search for information on Google, they are now presented with an AI-generated answer to their question for an increasing number of search queries. As a result, we have seen a noticeable drop in visitors to our website…
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Is the Ancient Alien Theory Racist?
There is a theory that keeps reappearing in popular culture, each time with slight variations and different names, but the core remains the same: “Those ancient people couldn’t possibly have built this, so someone else must have.” While the first part of the theory is pretty constant, the “someone else” part changes: In Erich von…
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How This Pandemic Could Change the World
If you paid attention in history class, you may remember that the system of Feudalism in Europe broke down after the Black Death because of worker shortages caused by the high death toll. If you haven’t, you can read all about it here at World History Encyclopedia. We’re now living through another pandemic, which I…
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Why Study History? Russia Teaches a Lesson.
Why should we study history? We all have our personal reasons why we love history; some like reading exciting stories that can be stranger than fiction, others let their imaginations transport them to worlds gone by. There are many reasons for loving history, but in this article I want to explore why history actually matters…
