African American History
African American Freedom
Fighters
Thomas Peters - Revolutionary
War.
SurfNet Kids - Black History
Month.
Northville District Library -
Black History Month Site.
African-American Mosaic
- A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Black history and culture.
Black Facts Online - Find out what happened
in Black history for selected dates.
Schomburg Legacy Exhibition
- Documenting the global Black experience for the 19th century. From the New York Public Library.
Underground Railroad Freedom Center -
Information on the Underground Railroad.
African-American Civil War Memorial -
Black Medal of Honor winners from the Civil War.
African American Warriors - Famous
Blacks in the military.
African American Odyssey
- From the Library of Congress exhibition, The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
African & Middle Eastern History
Africa Research Central -
This site provides primary source material on African history, including library & museum repositories,
with artifacts, manuscripts and photographs.
Africa South of
the Sahara - Maintained by Stanford University, this site contains informational links on African
countries and regions south of the Sahara Desert, including general topical links as well.
African Voices - From the Smithsonian,
this site presents cross-sections of the history, culture and art of Africa.
Israeli Government's Official Website,
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Israeli Government site giving up to date news and information
on events in Israel and the surrounding region. Also gives historical, economic, cultural, religious and
political information on Israel.
MENIC - Middle East Network Information
Center - University of Texas Site site giving information on the Middle East. News, travel, culture,
history, society, organization and politics are among the information included.
MERIP - Middle East Research & Information Project
- Provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources. Includes
independent analysis of events and developments.
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- From the publishers of the Washington Report, a searchable database that includes news sources on
countries, states and events in the Middle East.
Ancient World History
Theban Mapping Project
- Valley of the Kings, a major burial site of ancient Egyptian pharaohs,
is mapped here. Includes royal genealogies, extensive contributions from
Egyptologists with the American University in Cairo.
Egyptian Antiquity Information - Covers the pyramids, pharaohs, religion, astrology of ancient Egypt.
Includes complete text of Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Ancient Greece - history,
mythology, art, culture and architecture.
Daily Life
in Ancient Greece - The ancient Greeks were very proud of their city-state!
They were also proud of being Greek. The ancient Greeks were thinkers.
Come visit and enjoy what you learn.
Greeks: Crucible of
Civilization - PBS site detailing the history, culture and lifestyle
of the ancient Greeks. Includes timeline, maps, and biographies.
Perseus Digital Library
- An evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient
world and beyond, specifically the Archaic and Classical Greek world.
Presented by Tufts University.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An
Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors - Details the rulers of the
Roman empire from Augustus to Constantine XI Palaeologus. The encyclopedia
includes an index of all emperors who ruled Rome during its 1500 years;
biographical essays on the emperors; family trees of important dynasties;
significant battles in the history of the empire including descriptions
and maps; maps of the empire itself at different times.
BBC
Viking Programs - Program companion for a BBC television program,
but the site stands on it's own for information.
Asian History
Eurasia.org: This site provides historical, legal, and cultural information on the former Soviet
republics in Central Asia. Also, there is current news and information.
Sources on the Balkan Peninsula
- Academic, political and general information are provided about the Balkan region through this Hellenic
Resources Network site.
Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners.
Origins of Chinese Writing
Asia Source - Resource on Asian society. Includes
information on news, events, profiles, culinary, art & culture, business & economics, politics
and history.
China Today - Links to Chinese arts and entertainment,
culture, politics, business, travel, law, real estate and sports.
Japan Information Network - Information on
Japan's history, government, regions, cities and statistics, with links to other sites. From the Japanese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
European HistoryMiddle Ages - What was it
really like to live in the middle ages?
Footwear in
the Middle Ages
Medieval Technology
Pages - This site is a reference source on the technological developments of the Medieval period.
Castles on the Web - Take a virtual
tour of several castles.
Plague and Public Health in
Renaissance Europe - This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical
consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival,
impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and 1530. A work
in progress.
WWW-VL EUI European History Project - Virtual Library
of European History
History of Germany
History of the Berlin Wall
History of Germany
- Primary Documents.
History of Spain
Si Spain! - Spanish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs presents an overview of the country's history.
History of the British Commonwealth
British History - England, Britain,
United Kingdom, Great Britain, Wales, Scotland.
British History 1500-1950
- -Resource covering the years 1500-1950 offers an extensive collection of biographies and includes
details on major social and political movements.
British Monarchy - History
of the British monarchy with information on dynasties, coronations, genealogy, Buckingham Palace and
Windsor Castle.
British History -
Quick overview of British history from the stone age to the present.
American
and British History Resources on the Internet - Rutgers University site with links to scholarly
resources on American and British history.
Famous SpeechesGettysburg Address - From the Library
of Congress, along with the drafts he made before the final version.
African American
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
- From Stanford University. Text of papers and documents related to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Latin American HistoryMesoweb - an exploration of Mesoamerican
cultures.
Avalon
Project: The Cuban Missile Crisis - Yale Law School site presenting the documentary record of the
Cuban missile crisis and its aftermath as well as U.S. policy toward Cuba during the period October
1962 to December 1963. Includes documentation on the Bay of Pigs incident and U.S. courses of action
in response to the unsuccessful invasion.
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
- This bibliography on Latin America alternates between social sciences and humanities and is updated
monthly.
Latin American Network Information Center
(LANIC) - University of Texas site containing information on Latin American countries and their
cultures. Includes history, government, business, news, science, arts, travel and tourism.
Mesoamerican Photo Archives -
From Tulane University, information and photographs on Mesoamerican archaeology which includes excavation
sites and museums in Mexico.
Native American HistoryIndigenous Peoples of
the Americas - World History Archives Weblinks library.
American Indians of the Pacific
Northwest - University of Washington site providing an extensive digital collection of original
photographs and documents about Northwest Coast and Plateau Native American cultures with scholarly
essays. Includes maps showing traditional territories or reservation boundaries.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Official government information site on contemporary Native American issues, from laws governing reservations,
tribal land disputes, and American Indian Trust area. Resources for Native American ancestry searching
is included. Explores federal governments relationship with Native American tribes also.
First Nations Histories - Compact
guide with links to information on various Native American tribes.
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park -
National Park Service site dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Hopewell culture.
Index of Native American Resources
on the Internet - Official web sites of native nations are linked. Also includes links to history,
culture, genealogy, archaeology and medicine.
Indian Pueblo Cultural
Center - Native American site describing the history and culture of the many communities of the
Pueblo people.
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization
Project - Cooperative effort among the University of Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law
Library (NILL), and Native American tribes providing access to the Constitutions, Tribal Codes, and
other legal Native American documents.
Native American Documents Project
- California State University site giving a history of the documents of federal Indian policies.
Native American Nations
- Access to the official web sites of the Native Nations.
Native Peoples
of the Great Lakes Region - This overview includes material on languages, warfare and the ways in
which the first settlers farmed, fished and hunted.
NativeWeb - Informational site on Native Americans
that includes news, events, geography, history and culture.
Nebraska & Omaha HistoryFor Historical Digital Image Collections, see Trans-Mississippi
& International Exposition Collection and
Early Omaha: Gateway to the West Digital Collection
For Biographies, see Biographies
Nebraska minor league baseball
- Twenty two Nebraska towns have hosted minor league baseball. Learn about Kearney Kapitalists in the
Nebraska State League of 1910 and the McCook Braves of 1956. This site explores the leagues, teams,
towns and players involved in professional baseball.
To Nebraska in 1857: A Diary of E. F.
Beadle - This site presents the complete text of the 1857 travel diary of Erastus F. Beadle (1821-1894),
a man who spent several months in Omaha during the early territorial days while trying establish the
town of Saratoga, between Omaha and Florence.
Omaha Indian Heritage Project - Omaha culture
is important to the history of the Plains peoples because the Omaha are one of the few Plains tribes
who continued an earth lodge/horticultural adaptation to the Plains even after horses were introduced.
Omaha artifacts are scarce, widely dispersed, and not well catalogued. In an effort to make Omaha artifacts
and photographic images more available, this project is creating an online catalogue of tribal resources
drawn from international sources.
Nebraska Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission
- Features a map showing links to activities taking place on the Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota
sides of the Missouri River during 2004.
Nebraskastudies.org - This site provides
students, teachers and those interested in Nebraska access to a rich source of facts and viewpoints
about Nebraska and its history. The nine timelines span from pre-1500 to the present day. From each
time line you'll find stories about the lives of people who lived then, plus letters, photographs and
other primary historical source documents. Teachers will find lesson plans and suggested activities.
Trans-Mississippi & International
Exposition Collection - Owned by the Omaha Public Library.
Historic Omaha - Featuring historical
walking tour of downtown Omaha, as well as historical sites, pictures and events in Omaha's history.
History of the State
of Nebraska - Andreas (1882) - A full account of it's growth from an uninhabited territory to a
wealthy and important state.
Nebraska Civil War Veterans - Master
List of Nebraska Civil War Veterans (Blue & Gray) taken from Cemetery lists, 1890 Vet Census (Federal),
1893 NE Census of Veterans (thanks to Lynn) and the Andreas History of NE. This will help you learn
where your veteran appears on NEGenWeb.
Historical Society of Douglas County (Omaha,
Nebraska) - The Douglas County Historical Society is located at Historic Fort Omaha, which is now
the campus of Metropolitan Community College, at 30th and Fort Streets. The mission of the Douglas County
Historical Society is to collect, preserve and present to the public the history of Douglas County.
Omaha Mayors - List of Omaha Mayors throughout history.
Nebraska History Resources
- From the Nebraska State Historical Society.
United States HistoryOur Documents.gov - This historical site
presents a listing of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration,
and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from
1776 to 1965.ranging from The Bill of Rights (1791) to the Voting Rights Act (1965).
American
and British History Resources on the Internet - Rutgers University site with links to scholarly
resources on American and British history.
American History - Information on early America,
revolution, westward expansion, etc.
American West: This site covers
the history and development of the American West, from the frontier days to modern times.
Witchcraft in Salem Village:
This site provides essays, papers, and court documents from the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Nebraska Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
Commission - Features a map showing links to activities taking place on the Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota
sides of the Missouri River during 2004.
America's Great Depression -
Links
"I
remember . . ." (Reminiscences of the Great Depression).
WarsAmerican Revolution
Spy Letters of the American Revolution:
This site offers the text of letters written by spies during the American Revolution. It also looks
at spy techniques and stories from this era.
Revolutionary War
Colonial Hall: This site offers biographies
of America's Founding Fathers.
War of 1812
The War of 1812 Website - Welcome
to MilitaryHeritage.com's War of 1812 Website...
American Civil War
The American Civil War
- Lots of links arranged by topic
University of Tennessee American Civil
War Homepage
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States:
This site is a collection of full-text Union and Confederate poetry and songs indexed by title, author,
and first line.
Civil War Maps:
The Library of Congress American Memory Collection offers this collection of images of American Civil
War maps.
American Civil War Homepage
U.S. Civil War Center - What was
it like during the Civil War? This is a comprehensive site of links to all sorts of answers to those
questions.
African-American Civil War Memorial -
Black Medal of Honor winners from the Civil War.
World War I
World War I Document Archive
World War II
World War II Resources : The Pearl Harbor
Working Group.
Normandy 1944 : the encyclopedia Britannica
offers this multimedia site on the invasion of Normandy in WWII.
Cybrary of the Holocaust
The IB Holocaust Project
- Coral Gables High School.
PBS - The American Experience | Guts
and Glory | Battle of the Bulge .
The Cold War
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