History

General History

Best of History Web Sites
www.besthistorysites.net

A portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. Contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history-related educational materials including lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, quizzes and more.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

EHistory.com
www.ehistory.com

Consists of over 130,000 pages of historical content; 5,300 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 350 biographies; and thousands of images and maps. Maintained by Ohio State University's Department of History.

Eyewitness To History
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

Offers a narrative of key historical events along with comments by those who lived through them. Organized by era (18th Century, 19th Century, etc.) and major events (World War I, World II, Civil War, etc.).

History Central
www.historycentral.com

Covers both World and American History. World topics include timelines and a Nation-by-Nation almanac. Key American History areas include American Presidential Elections, featuring over 600 primary documents in American History and History Maker Biographies covering Presidents, First Ladies, Civil War and Revolutionary War Generals.

HyperHistory Online
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Offers an alternative way to view and study history by plotting events happening across the world for over 3000 years on one huge timeline. It also interweaves information on Science, Politics, Culture, Religion and the Arts to give the serious student of History a better understanding or what factors influenced History being made at certain times and at certain places around the world.

Library of Congress Country Studies
memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

National Geographic Magazine - History Index
www.nationalgeographic.com/siteindex/history.html

Online index of select features covering U.S., World and Military History. The site also has a History and Culture Subject Guide, with links to more information and photographs of historical or cultural interest.

PBS - History
www.pbs.org/history

Through shows like The American Experience and Ken Burns' American Stories, PBS has produced a wide array of features on interesting Historical topics and people. Historical topics include; Ancient World, Biographies, United States, War and Espionage and World.

The History Channel
www.historychannel.com

Includes a variety of history timelines, maps as well as a select Speeches and Video section. Also has sections covering World War II and The American Civil War.

Ancient Civilizations

Ancient City of Athens (Greece)
www.stoa.org/athens

Ancient Egypt
www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Ancient World Web
www.julen.net/ancient

Greece: Crucible of Civilization
www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks

Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
www.roman-empire.net

Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
www.roman-emperors.org

The Roman Empire in the First Century
www.pbs.org/empires/romans

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbookfull.html

Theban Mapping Project: The Valley of the Kings
www.thebanmappingproject.com

Medieval & Renaissance Periods

A History of the Crusades
libtext.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=browse&scope=HISTORY.HISTCRUSADES

NetSERF : The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
www.netserf.org

IMS : Internet Medieval Sourcebook
www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Medieval and Renaissance History
www.snowcrest.net/jmike/medieval.html

The Middle Ages: Feudal Life
www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html

The Renaissance
www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance

European History

BritainExpress: English History & Heritage
www.britainexpress.com/History

Britannia: British History
www.britannia.com/history

Encyclopedia of the Celts
celt.net/Celtic/celtopedia/indices/encycintro.html

Exploring the French Revolution
chnm.gmu.edu/revolution

Napoleon
www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html

The Napoleonic Guide
www.napoleonguide.com

The History of Italy
www.arcaini.com/ITALY/ItalyHomePage.html

History of Italy: Primary Documents
eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Italy:_Primary_Documents

BBC: In Search of Scotland
www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory

University of Colorado: Spanish History
web.uccs.edu/history/globalhistory/spain.html

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/

History: Middle East, Africa, Asia & Australia

Arab Country Data and History at Arab.net
www.arab.net

Iraq History
www.arab.net/iraq/index.html

Islam: Empire of Faith
www.pbs.org/empires/islam

Islamic Civilization
www.cyberistan.org

History of China
www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html

Library of Congress: China a Country Study
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html

Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China
acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinhist.html

The Story of Africa
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica

PBS: Africa Online
www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/index_html.html

Australia: Australian History on the Internet
www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html

Military History

The Great War Society
www.the-great-war-society.org/

Library of Congress: World War I
memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfexww1.html

Trenches on the Web: World War I
www.worldwar1.com/reflib.htm

Treaty of Versailles
avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/parti.asp

Remembering Pearl Harbor
plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor

US Army: Normandy
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm

The National WWII Museum
www.ddaymuseum.org/index.html

Haze Gray & Underway - Naval History and Photography
www.hazegray.org