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Chapman M. Hall

Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation 

April 30, 2026

Understanding history through video games banner by Chapman M. Hall

The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]

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