WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
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general history sites at the History page
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sites for help on researching and writing papers at the Grammar,
Research and Writing page
Tutoring, Message Boards, Bulletin Boards
World Civilization General Reference Resources
Specialized Reference Resources:
African History
European History
British History, including Canada
Latin American and South American History
Asian and Oceanian History
Religions
E-Texts
Links Pages
Tutoring, Message Boards, Bulletin Boards
World Civilizations General Reference Resources
Abzu - Internet Guide to Resources on the Ancient Near East
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU.HTML
Alexandria on the Web - ancient Egypt resources
http://cosmopolis.com/
Ancient World Web - huge annotated list of links
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
ArchNet, the Virtual Library for Archaeology
http://archnet.uconn.edu/
Diotima - study of women in the ancient world; search engine and links
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsScience/Classics/gender.html
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - a search engine limited to ancient world culture
sites on the web, there are also short, interesting pieces on various cultures, and links
to e-texts and discussions. An attractive, well-done page
http://eawc.evansville.edu/
The HistoryNet - large U.S. history and world history resource
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
Labyrinth - invaluable Medieval Studies collection out of Gerogetown, an academic site
with on medieval culture, history, art and literature arranged by topic and by culture
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html
New York Times Learning Network - terrific site with lesson (and paper) ideas for
middle and high school students dealing with key issues in world history (and current
world events), including links with each problem to relevant online resources
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/globalhistory.html
ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies - a comprehensive academic site with
its own web pages on medieval culture, history, art and literature and extensive
specialized and general links
http://orb.rhodes.edu/
Period and Style for Designers - a college course out of Tulane that addresses changing
styles in art, architecture, furniture, and decoration from ancient Egypt and Rome through
recent times. An excellent resource for historians, well-categorized and easy to use. Lots
of images
http://www.tulane.edu/lester/text/lester.html
World History - links
http://tigger.stcloud.msus.edu/~history/net.htm
World History Chart and Hyperhistory site is in progress
http://www.hyperhistory.com/
Africa and African History
Africa Today - The Electronic Journal of Africa
http://www.africa.co.uk/
African American Web Connection
http://www.aawc.com/aawc.html
African Governments on the WWW - chose the country and the different government
agencies of that country who have world wide web pages will be listed with links
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/africa.html
African Studies Web Pages - from the University of Pennsylvania, the best online
resource about Africa, includes African country pages, a special K-12 Africa Guide,
and Africa web links
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
Black History
http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhist.html
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, Egypt - short description of pharaohs, plus links to
e-texts, discussions, and online resources
http://eawc.evansville.edu/egpage.htm
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, Near East - short description of Gilgamesh, plus
links to e-texts, discussions, and online resources
http://eawc.evansville.edu/nepage.htm
Europe and European History (British History can be included here but also has a separate listing)
BosniaLink - Maps, news, photos, transcripts, fact sheet about Bosnia from the US
Department of Defense
http://www.dtic.mil/bosnia/index.html
Byzantine and Medieval Studies Sites - large list of links
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/
Byzantium: Byzantine Resources on the Internet
http://www.bway.net/~halsall/byzantium.html
Chronology of the French Revolution
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/History/teaching/french-rev/chron.html
Creating French Culture - Relationship of French government and French cultural history
from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/bnf0001.html
Cybrary of the Holocaust
http://remember.org/
European Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/europa.html
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, Greece - short description of Plato, Socrates, and
Greek drama, plus links to e-texts, discussions, and online resources
http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, Rome - short description of Roman culture, plus links
to e-texts, discussions, and online resources
http://eawc.evansville.edu/ropage.htm
EuroInternet
http://fgr.wu-wien.ac.at/nentwich/euroint.htm
European Governments on the WWW - chose the country and the different government
agencies of that country who have world wide web pages will be listed with links
http://home.pages.de/~anzinger/govt/europa.html
From Byzantium to the French Revolution - a series of student made web pages on
different events and periods
http://www.omnibusol.com/medieval.html
Labryinth, Medieval Studies - centralized, organized resource for information on
Medieval literature, history and culture, grouped by language: Latin, Italian, French,
Middle English and Old English.
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html
Le Renaissance, WebMuseum, Paris
http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/
Medieval and Renaissance History
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/history/internet/geograph/europe/medieval/
Medieval Europe Page - from Exploring Ancient Cultures links page
http://eawc.evansville.edu/mepage.htm
Medieval/Renaissance Food Page
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html
Online Medieval and Classical Library
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL
Online Text Materials for Medieval Studies (including useful Online Medieval
Sourcebook)
http://orb.rhodes.edu/
Punic Wars
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ROME/PUNICWARS.HTM
Renaissance Forum - electronic academic journal on literary and historical study
http://www.hull.ac.uk/Hull/EL_Web/renforum/v1no2/index.html
Resources for the Medieval Historian
http://www.calpoly.edu/~jheinen/medieval.html
Russian and East European Studies
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/
Spanish Armada (1588) - thorough and growing site about the Spanish Armada
http://tbls.hypermart.net/history/1588armada/
The Stone Pages - Stonehenge and early European archaeological sites
http://www.stonepages.com/
Timeline of the 18th Century
http://www.digitalhistory.org/timeline.htm
The United States Holocaust Museum - access to some of the museums archives and
exhibits
http://www.ushmm.org/index.html
World of the Vikings
http://www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings/index.html
World War I Chronology - with video clip
http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/Chronology.html
WWW Medieval Resources - links page
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/medieval.ebbs.html
British History
Arthuriana: Journal About King Arthur
http://dc.smu.edu/Arthuriana/
Byzantine and Medieval Studies Sites - large list of links
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/
EuroInternet
http://fgr.wu-wien.ac.at/nentwich/euroint.htm
European Governments on the WWW - chose the country and the different government
agencies of that country who have world wide web pages will be listed with links
http://home.pages.de/~anzinger/govt/europa.html
Fourteenth Century Outline - good overview
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~hanly/chaucer/coursematerials/14thcent.html
From Byzantium to the French Revolution - a series of student-made web pages on
different events and periods
http://www.omnibusol.com/medieval.html
The History Channel UK - wide range of information with history presented in stories,
with lessons and contests as well
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/index.htm
Labryinth, Medieval Studies - centralized, organized resource for information on
Medieval literature, history and culture, grouped by language: Latin, Italian, French,
Middle English and Old English.
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html
Medieval and Renaissance History
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/history/internet/geograph/europe/medieval/
Medieval/Renaissance Food Page
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html
Old English Pages - although essentially a links site, there is enough general outline
to the links arrangement and enough discussion of the situations that make these links a
part of the whole picture of period that it is useful in its own right.
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/old_english.html
Online Text Materials for Medieval Studies (including useful Online Medieval
Sourcebook)
http://orb.rhodes.edu/
The Plantagenet Dynasty - attractive, useful site
http://www.englishhistory.net/plant.html
Renaissance Forum - electronic academic journal on literary and historical study
http://www.hull.ac.uk/Hull/EL_Web/renforum/v1no2/index.html
Resources for the Medieval Historian
http://www.calpoly.edu/~jheinen/medieval.html
Spanish Armada (1588) - thorough and growing site about the Spanish Armada
http://tbls.hypermart.net/history/1588armada/
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: British History 1700-1950 - get to information through
large categories, then to related information through extensive internal links in each
article
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html
The Stone Pages - Stonehenge and early European archaeological sites
http://www.stonepages.com
Timeline of the 18th Century
http://www.digitalhistory.org/timeline.htm
Tudor England - attractive, useful site
http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor.html
Tudors and Stuarts - easy to understand page with basic outline and information
http://www.wickham.newbury.sch.uk/topics/tudors/tudors.html
The Victorian Web - splendid resource on culture, history, and literature
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html
World War I Chronology - with video clip
http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/Chronology.html
WWW Medieval Resources - links page
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/medieval.ebbs.html
Latin American and South American History
LANIC: Latin America; information on South American countries
http://lanic.utexas.edu/
American Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/america.html
Asian and Oceanian History
Asian Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/asia.html
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Asian History
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/history/internet/geograph/asia/
Empires Beyond the Great Wall - Heritage of Genghis Khan
http://vvv.com/khan/
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, China - short description of Tao, and links to
various e-texts and discussions
http://eawc.evansville.edu/chpage.htm
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, India - short description of Hinduism and the
Bhagavad Gita, and links to various e-texts and discussions
http://eawc.evansville.edu/inpage.htm
Oceanian Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/oceania.html
The Phillipine Revolution and the Phillipine-American War
http://www.boondocksnet.com/centennial/index.html
Religions
Exploring Ancient World Cultures, India - short description of Islam, and links to
various e-texts including the Qu'ran, and discussions
http://eawc.evansville.edu/ispage.htm
Facets of Religions - easy access to information about established
religions throughout the world
http://bounty.bcca.org/~cvoogt/Religion/
Religion Guide - links and texts from world religions
http://www.lib.utulsa.edu/guides/religion.htm
E-texts
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
Online Medieval and Classical Library
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL
Online Text Materials for Medieval Studies (including useful Online
Medieval Sourcebook)
http://orb.rhodes.edu/
Links
Ancient World Web - huge annotated list of links
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
Byzantine and Medieval Studies Sites - large list of links
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/
Byzantium: Byzantine Resources on the Internet
http://www.bway.net/~halsall/byzantium.html
Internet Medieval Sourcebook - extremely extensive list of medieval sources from all
parts of the world, both discussion sites and e-texts
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Resources for the Medieval Historian
http://www.calpoly.edu/~jheinen/medieval.html
World History - links
http://tigger.stcloud.msus.edu/~history/net.htm