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The telling, generally chronological, of human events, usually including an explicit interpretation of those events.

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Middle East

North America

South America

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The British Museum

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/

Images of famous works owned by the British Museum are pictured here, along with the history of the museum and general information about collections, exhibits, departments, tours, and events. Educational materials about the cultures represented in the Museum's collections are also available here.

Author: The British Museum

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Regional & Country Information--Europe--United Kingdom

Keywords: British Museum; Art; Sculpture; World cultures

Footnotes to History

http://www.buckyogi.addr.com/footnotes/index.htm

This site is dedicated to providing information about former nations that are largely unknown, and not referenced in many textbooks. Many of these nations were short-lived, quite small, or ethnic regions.

Author: James L. Erwin (jlerwin@hotmail.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Regional & Country Information

Reference--Geography

Historical Media Review

http://members.tripod.com/~HistoryMediaReview/index-html

"Reviews new historical books, Websites, and multimedia ware. Also offers unusual historical links which are continuously being added."

Author: Rene L. Ash (history@euroseek.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: book reviews

Historical Text Archive (HTA)

http://historicaltextarchive.com/

HTA was created "in response to the need of historians to have an electronic storage and retrieval site and to demonstrate the advantages of such sites for the study and teaching of history."

Author: Don Mabry (djm1@ra.msstate.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

History

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/history.html

This resource, from Louisiana State University, contains pointers to bibliographies, catalogs, electronic images, electronic texts, electronic journals, electronic discussion groups, and indexes.

Author: Steven R. Harris

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: Historical Research; Research; Electronic Texts; Electronic Journals; Images; Bibliographies; Catalogs; Discussion groups

The History Channel

http://www.historychannel.com/

Here you can find historical information and learning activities for all ages. Some features are the classroom, historical calendar, exhibits, quiz, and more.

Author: InterActive8 (info@interactive8.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Television--Genres

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: History

The History Journals Guide

http://www.crispinius.com/nfh2/zeitschriften/hjg-start.html

"The History Journal Guide (HJG) is a web directory for history journals... The HJG covers scientific and popular scientific journals, current and ceased journals, newsletters of historical societies, institutes and study groups, publications appearing irregularly or infrequently, interdisciplinary periodicals dealing also with history, and bibliographies to journals articles. It aims to become a starting point for historians (researchers, graduates, students) and other interested persons, e.g. librarians, and intends to provide up-to-date information." Journals are organized into a variety of categories, including topical, lingual, geographical, and chronological. Includes announcements and links to electronic resources about history journals.

Author: Stefan Blaschke

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Reference--Periodical Directories

The History Net

http://www.TheHistoryNet.com/

"TheHistoryNet is a joint effort of America's largest publisher of history, the History Group of Cowles Enthusiast Media and the National Historical, a membership organization created to be the history enthusiast's resource for information, products and services."

Author: PRIMEDIA History Group

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Horus' Web Links to History Resources

http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html

Provides over 1500 links to historical sites on the web. Horus's purose is "to introduce the diversity of educational and research resources on the web not ordinarily consulted by historians and history students."

Author: University of California, Riverside Department of History (horus@h-gig.ucr.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: Resources

HyperHistory Online (HHO)

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

"HyperHistory presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps. Over 2,000 files are interconnected throughout the site. In addition, HyperHistory provides several hundred links to the world wide web. HyperHistory Online (HHO) is based on the synchronoptic concept and functions as a companion to the seminal World History Chart. Online does not replace the printed chart but complements it: the printed Chart provides a superior overview of history, while the Online version provides depth and connections to other web sites. The two versions combined form an integrated part of the World History Project."

Author: Andreas Nothiger (andreasn@uniserve.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: World History; Timelines; biography

Index of Resources for Historians

http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/history/index.html

History resources index consists of a single large file (approximately 265 Kb) offering about 2500 connections arranged alphabetically by subject and name. History site on the world wide web covering the world.

Author: Lynn Nelson (lhnelson@raven.cc.ukans.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: World History; U.S. History; Cartography; Etexts; Manuscripts; Military History; Medieval History; Prehistory

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web

http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/

"This site features links to online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials." Exhibitions are listed alphabetically.

Author: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Archives & Records Management

Arts & Humanities--History

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: archives; primary documents

Library of Congress Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

The site gives very detailed information on countries' geography, society, economy, transportation, communications, government, politics and history. "Each study is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. The authors seek to provide a basic understanding of the observed society, striving for a dynamic rather than a static portrayal. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and the issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order." This source does not cover some of the world's smaller countries.

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Regional & Country Information

Reference--Geography

Marxists Internet Archive

http://www.marxists.org/

Read brief biographies of and articles by famous Marxist leaders from around the world, including Marx, Engels, Eugene V. Debs, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Trotsky, and others. There are also general sections on Marxist history.

Author: Marxists Internet Archive (director@marxists.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents--Historical

Reference--Biographies--Politicians & Rulers

Society Hill: The Internet Directory of Genealogical and Historical Societies

http://daddezio.com/society/

Directory of addresses and Websites (where available) for thousands of historical and genealogical societies in the United States, Canada and Australia. Browsable by geographic location.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Reference--Genealogy

Keywords: Societies; Directory; United States; Canada; Australia

Texts and Documents

http://history.hanover.edu/texts.html

Texts and Documents at Hanover College's History Web Site. The principal goal of Texts offers HTML version of historical documents -- primary sources and secondary sources for educational use. Very useful.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: Documents; Archives; United States; Asia; Europe; Southeast Asia; Africa; Oceania; Middle East; South Asia; India

Time Capsule

http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp

Do you know how much bread cost on the day you were born? Enter a day from 1900-1997 and this site will return some of the top headlines and songs for that year, academy award winners, data on prices and income, and famous people born on that day.

Author: dMarie Direct Inc (dMarie@dMarie.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: calendars

Timelines of History

http://timelines.ws/

"Timelines of History is intended as a quality reference tool. It is and will forever be incomplete, but its simple structure and regular updates already make it a very versatile and useful research tool." Timelines on the site include: "a universal history timeline by period with an outside search engine for ancient history...timelines for countries with relative links listed for each country at the top of every country page...timelines of the US states and each state has internal links torelative information...and timelines by subject, including an extensive film archive." Most timeline entries have a reference citation listed as to the source from which the information was obtained and a reference legend/bibliography is provided for these sources.

Author: Algis Ratnikas (aalgis@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: chronology; timeline

Today in History

http://www.kwtv.com/today/today.htm

Gives information about events that happened today in history.

Author: Griffin Television (news@kwtv.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

UNESCO World Heritage List

http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/doc/mainf3.htm

The World Heritage List, compiled by UNESCO, consists of sites, monuments, or buildings that have been deemed to be culturally and historically significant on a worldwide scale. The site includes a list of over 690 sites, listed alphabetically by country; a list of World Heritage Sites in danger of destruction, and the selection criteria for these sites.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--International Government & Intergovernmental Groups--United Nations

Reference--Geography

Keywords: Monument; Culture; Preservation; Conservation; Nature

WebChron: The Web Chronology Project

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/

WebChron "is a series of hyperlinked chronologies developed by the instructors and historical articles prepared by students intended for use in history classes.. The chronological listing of important events is one of the most basic of historical tools. One needs to know the chronological order of events in order to determine causal relations.The traditional chronology, however, is usually a simple, two-dimensional listing of events. The WebChronology uses the power of hypertext to create a more interesting, more useful, multi-dimensional chronology. Using hypertext, we are able to present chronologies in outline form, so that it is easier to see the relationship between long term and short term events. We are also able to interweave chronologies so that one can also more readily see the relation between events in one field to events in another."

Author: David W. Koeller (dkoeller@northpark.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: chronology

World History

http://www.fsmitha.com/

E-texts and Maps on Antiquity, The Middle Ages, and the 20th Century.

Author: Frank E. Smitha (mtbp33@yahoo.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: Ancient; Middle Ages; World

The WWW VL History Index

http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/

An index of Web resources, primarily for use by historians, history scholars, and students. The index is divided into the following categories: Research: Methods and Materials, Eras and Epochs, Historical Topics, and Countries and Regions. The Countries and Regions section links to general resources about each country, both historical and non-historical.

Author: Lynn H. Nelson (lhnelson@raven.cc.ukans.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History

Keywords: Research

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