History


World History

Today in History!

The History Channel
The History Page

The History Net - Where history lives on the Web
Sources for History from Virginia Wesleyan College
Horus Guide to History by Country University of California's huge site of history links
Voice of the Shuttle History Page
The Luminarium - Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century
History Sites from the Mining Company
Internet Public Library History Sites
Media History Project
The Biographical Dictionary Provides concise facts about thousands of notable figures from ancient times to the present day
16th Century Renaissance Art (especially Italian)

Europe

Flints and Stones -early inhabitants of Britain and northwest Europe-

Discovery of a Palaeolithic painted cave Descriptions and pictures of 20,000 year old cave art recently found in the South of France
The World of the Vikings Viking and Scandanavian history
History of Greece
British Museum virtual tour
Ancient Greeks @ Univ.Penn.
Ancient Sites, Virtual Tours and More
Greek Civilization Home Page
Olympic Games
Museum of Athens
Greek Philosopher Gallery
History Net archives Sparta, 1598 Irish War Sir Thomas Becket death, 1462 Mortimer Cross Battle
Greek ships
Ancient Greek site - a nice general site about the Athenians
 

History of Rome
Windows on Italy's History
Tour Rome
Roman Forum
Graphics of Ancient Rome includes tours, photos, cards, web graphics
RomanSite A catalog of websites on Roman antiquity
Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture A Library of Congress exhibit on Rome in the Renaissance period
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
One of finest online virtual reality tours of an ancient monument
Statuary and coins - a fine website with images
Structures central to the history of Western Civilization - views and info

Middle Ages Sources
Medieval Sourcebook - Fordham University's site for Middle Ages links
Horus Guide to History Sources - Middle Ages
Anglia Media History - Includes Caesar's "Invasion of Britain", Vikings
NetSERF The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
Hillside Tour of Canterbury
The Labyrinth - Georgetown University's site for Medieval Studies
The ORB - The Online Reference Book of Medieval Studies
Online Medieval and Classical Library - Berkeley
Tower of London - Take the tour
The Virtual Museum of Pisa - Medieval Art
Brother Url's monastery tour
Women of the Middle Ages - A Canadian site which includes an interactive cd-rom
Catholic Encyclopedia - great info about cathedral schools and early universities
Renaissance Sources

Reformation-Renaissance links from the University of Arizona
Individuals of the Reformation and Renaissance Philosophers, Scientists, and Theologians
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Age of Discovery and Reformation
Reformation and Early Modern History

Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature from the Luminarium
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Renaissance Electronic Texts - the Elizabethan Homilies, the English School-Master, Shakespeare Sonnets, etc.
Tyburn Tree - Public execution in early modern England
Virtual Renaissance - A journey through time
World War II Links
World War II Poster Collection
Labor and the Holocaust - The Jewish Labor Committee and the anti-Nazi struggle
Teachers' Guide to the Holocaust
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Cybrary of the Holocaust
Holocaust Pictures Exhibition

Shamash -The Jewish Internet Consortium Holocaust Home Page
Newlink's Social Studies Resources for Europe

The History of Sardinia A brief history of the Italian island of Sardinia
British Library Collections, exhibitions, digital library

The Middle East

Scrolls from the Dead Sea
A Library of Congress exhibit on the Dead Sea scrolls
Egypt WWW Links
Mysteries of Egypt - Join us on a jouney into mystery....

Alexandria


China

Saturday Market photo tour of a free farmer's market
Amnesty International's site about rights in China
China Activities - Six Interactive Paths to China
China - Map, Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military
Artifacts - Momentos from the Cultural Revolution
China5K Pro Home Page
Animated Chinese Characters
China the Beautiful Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy
China Today - wonderful information and many links
CHINESE HISTORY - Biographies plus history categories, 1949-1988
Discover China - Hyper-C (the ultimate China search tool), Virtual Tours, a China Experience
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Ancient China
Human Rights in China
Pacific Century China Site - good info but text only
The World Factbook Master Home - the CIA's information book with sources on China
Tiananmen - information dealing with the film, The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Touring China - pictures and info plus economics
China History Timeline
Huge China resource list compiled by Mike Gunther, an IBM programmer interested in China
Chinese History - with a table of contents; Ancient to 1988

United States

Ellis Island: Through America's Gateway
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
A Library of Congress exhibit on the discovery of America
Jamestown Timeline
The Real Pocohontas
Ben Franklin - Glimpses of the Man
The Oregon Trail
American Memory
Multimedia material relating to American culture and history, from special collections of the Library of Congress, including Civil War Photographs
Civil War Center

Civil War Letters - from an Iowa Soldier
Civil War Letters - from a New York Soldier
Slavery and Religion in America - A Timeline from the Internet Public Library
Black History Hotlist
19th Century America Links

20th Century America Links
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Sixties!
Women in American History
From Revolution to Reconstruction
American history from the colonial period until the First World War
New Deal Network - Documents, photos, the CCC, and more
US Historical Documents - Gopher based
A collection of famous documents from US history, including the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution
Historical Documents Collections - Web based

 

 
 
 

Mexico

Day of the Dead Celebration
Ancient festival where Mexican families remember their dead and the continuity of life.
A JOURNEY WITH LA CALACA
A Día de los Muertos Experience
More Día de los Muertos Celebration info (English or Spanish)

South America

Mayan History Page
Mayan History and Culture
Belize Online A guide to Mayan ruins near Belize

Genealogy

RootsWeb
National Genealogical Society
National Archives and Records Administration
Journal of Online Genealogy
The Genealogy Home Page
Quaker Corner
Portuguese People
Genealogy FAQ
Genealogy Meta FAQ
U.S. Census Bureau
Name frequency in 1990 census
Links to your Scandinavian Ancestors
Family Tree Maker Links

Links to more information

Indiana Link Site (social sciences, education, history, economics, government, geography)

Horus' Web Links to History Resources
ArchNet - A library of archaeological information on the Internet
CIA World Factbook