World History

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World History, generally | Ancient History | Medieval History | Modern History

World History, generally

• Best of History Web Sites
• Internet History Sourcebooks - Original source materials from a wide variety of periods and cultures (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
• EyeWitness - First-hand accounts of historical events
• General History Sources and Sites - A huge list
• Historical Text Archives (Mississippi State)
• History.com - Topics, lists, Q&A, video (History Channel)
• History Guide - Select place, time period, and subject to get selected history resources [HistoryGuide.de]
• History On-Line - Directory of high-quality sites (Institute of Historical Research)
• Hyperhistory Online - Many timelines and maps
• Tennessee Tech History Web Site - See especially Electronic Documents in History and Internet Resources in History
• Western Civilization Student Resource Center (Houghton Mifflin)
• World Civilizations Student Resource Center (Houghton Mifflin)
• World History Charts - Charts for sale

Documents:

• Avalon Project - Historic documents, with an emphasis on treaties and other international agreements
• Using Primary Sources - How to use primary sources and where to find them (Library of Congress)

Special Aspects of World History:

• Center for History and New Media - Advice and examples for teachers and learners showing how the study of teaching can benefit from Internet technology
• Reference at Your Desk - Links in subjects historians and archivists are likely to need (National Archives)
• Historic Cities - Cities of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)
• Maritime History - An annotated list of reference Websites (Alcove 9, Library of Congress)

Ancient History

• Ancient History Encyclopedia
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham)
• Ancient World Web
• Cambridge Gateway to Classics Resources on the Web
• Classical and Medieval History - An annotated list of reference Websites (Alcove 9, Library of Congress)
• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
• Diogenes' Links to the Ancient World
• Eternal Egypt - Egyptian culture from ancient times to the present
• Online Medieval and Classical Literature - Collected texts
• Orbis - The Stanford geospatial network model of the Roman World; it's like Google Maps for the Roman Empire
• Perseus Digital Library - Greek, Roman, Arabic, Germanic, Early Modern English, and 19th Century American Literature

Special Aspects:

• Abzu - Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet (Oriental Institute, U. of Chicago)
• ArchNet - Archeology sites
• Diotima: Women and Gender in Ancient World
• The Roman Empire in the First Century (PBS)
• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Ancient History Bibliography:

• My Ancient Greece Reading List
• My Ancient Rome Reading List

Medieval History

• Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham)
• Medieval History in the Movies
• Catholic Encyclopedia - 1913 ed. A useful reference for medieval history
• Classical and Medieval History - An annotated list of reference Websites (Alcove 9, Library of Congress)
• Global Middle Ages - An international overview of the period 500 - 1500 CE
• The Labyrinth - Medieval studies page
• NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources (Catholic University of America)
• Online Medieval and Classical Literature - Collected texts
• The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (archived, I believe)
• WWW Medieval Resources (Virginia Tech)
• Atrium - Articles, texts, and manuscripts on the Medieval and Renaissance periods
• Medieval Women: An Interactive Exploration (McMaster University, Canada)

Medieval Bibliography and Library Resources:

• My Middle Ages Reading List
• Medieval Studies - Guide to reference sources (print and online) from Stanford University Libraries

Modern Times

• Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham)

Maps:

• Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century

18th Century:

• 18th Century History with an emphasis on Britain and America [history1700s.com]
• 18th Century Resources - Another fine page from Jack Lynch
• 18th Century Studies - (EServer)

Holocaust:

See also

• Holocaust Museums
• Encyclopædia Britannica's Reflections on the Holocaust
• Holocaust Controversies
• Holocaust Education and Archive Research Team
• Holocaust Newspaper Archive - News accounts from before, during, and after the Holocaust
• Nizkor Project - Dedicated to remembering the Holocaust and refuting the hatemongers who would deny it
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Holocaust Encyclopedia (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
• World Memory Project - "The world's largest online resource for information about individual victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution"
• Yad Vashem - The museum of the Holocaust in Jerusalem

Slavery:

• Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database - An attempt to document all the voyages of the slave trade [slavevoyages.org]

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