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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
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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