History

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• Internet History Sourcebooks Project   - A set of collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts, maps, and articles on a wide variety of historical areas and subjects. Compiled by Prof. Paul Halsall at Fordham University.
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: History   - Extensive directory of history resources, sorted into research methods, topics, eras and epochs, and regions. Hosted by European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and maintained with help from researchers at the University of Kansas, US.

• AbsoluteFacts.com - A selection of stories about historic people and events.
• Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative - Scholarly initiative to create a comprehensive interactive electronic historical world atlas combining mapping, imagery, and texts. Aims, technology, scope, themes, news, membership, conference.
• Free History - A search engine that indexes sites that deal with history.
• Historical Text Archive - Articles, books, and links for historical texts from several countries.
• History Computerization Project - Aims to create a network for exchanging historical information. Information about computer database program for historical research, writing and cataloging; advice on organizing materials; and links to mostly-US research resources.
• History Explained - Examines the background history that is needed to understand the major economic and political problems in the world today.
• History Guide - Internet-based subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history, maintained at the State and University Library at Göttingen, Germany. Searchable by subject and by source type.
• History House - History like you should have learned it. Bizarre stories, trivia, and books every week.
• History Hub - History and world events; book reviews and links.
• History Net - Categorized history articles, features, thumbnailed picture gallery, discussion board, and special events and exhibits.
• History News Network - Aspires to put news in historical context by publishing articles written by historians on current events topics. Published by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
• History of Nations - Provides a history of every country in the world. Includes an overview as well as more detailed historical information. Based on content from the US State Department with new material added.
• The History Page - A comprehensive directory of links, organized by period.
• The History Ring - A web ring which links over a thousand historical web sites.
• History Wiz - Source for history, original content, including multimedia exhibits, as well as links to other sites. Topics include world history, American history and current events.
• InHeritage - A history Web site development firm specializing in historic preservation and historical documentaries.
• International World History Project - Provides an overview of Western history from ancient Sumeria to the present, including profiles of major figures, timelines, photos, and interactive features.
• LLEK Bookmarks Scientific Search Engines - History - Catalog of journals, catalogs, and other scholarly resources in German and English.
• Mr Heitmann's History Page - Comprehensive collection of links to history resources aimed at high school students.
• Net's Educational Resource Center - Directory of sites covering American, ancient, world and modern history, social studies, reference sources, study tips and related resources.
• Ocean - Indexes the best history content on the net, including material in History World, from which it evolved. Also offers a toolbar with history search and timeline of world history.
• Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project - Research on history, geography and logistics of communication, pilgrimage, and trade routes of Eurasia and Africa 10,000 BCE to circa 1820 CE.
• Reportret - Gallery of reconstructed portraits of key figures from world history, without anachronisms, respecting contemporary style, and based on historical sources.
• Time Search - A search tool devised by Bamber Gascoigne, combining timelines from his HistoryWorld with text and image search from Google or Wikipedia.
• Virtual Quincy Directory - A collection of links to various sites related to historical events and institutions.
• Western Civilization Core Course - Available as both a timeline and index. Includes survey of history, culture, and ideas with readings, period introductions, and articles. Created by the History Department at Whitworth University.
• World Civilizations - An online learning resource from Washington State University.
• World History Blog - Features different aspects of world history. Sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history.