General World History

Updated July 29, 2003

JUMP TO...

National History Day / Why Study History & Helpful Hints / Myth vs. Fact

Primary Documents, Oral History, Famous Quotes. Famous People in World History / News & Current Events 

Military History & War / Maps, Flags, & Timelines 

Issues Facing the World Today / Nationalism, Imperialism, & Socialism / Western Civilization (Europe focus)  

Glossaries, Images, & Sounds / Transportation History  

Plague, Death & Cemeteries / Various Topics (including sections on World Royalty & TRIVIA/ONLINE GAMES)

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
National History Day
  2004 Theme: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History 
  2003 Theme: Theme Narrative: Rights and Responsibilities in History 
    National History Day: Future Themes 
  National History Day: Student Contest Guide 
  National History Day: State Coordinators 
  National History Day: Contest Theme Information 
  National History Day: Educator's Lounge 
  National History Day: Student FAQs 
  National History Day: National Contest Results - 1996-2003 
  H-History Day Discussion Network 
  General and National History Day Research 


WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY???
Why Study History? - more on Why Study History? 
   An Essay on History
The History Guide -- What is History?
  A Student's Guide to the Study of History
The Importance of History Essay 
  Why Become A Historian? 
  Careers in History
  Philosophy of History 
  The Society of American Archivists


STUDYING HISTORY
The History Guide -- Main
A Student's Guide to the Study of History
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
How to Write a History Essay
For info on essay writing, citing sources, etc., please visit my STUDY SKILLS - RESEARCH - WRITING page.


WHAT IS MYTH, WHAT IS HISTORY?
HISTORICAL FACTS OR FICTIONS
MYTH OR HISTORY
Myths of History
The Museum of Hoaxes
The Writing of History: History as Literature
Alternative History - "What If....?" essays


MODERN MYTH
There are always weird Rumors that get started and somehow are percieved as Fact. See what is true and what is myth at The AFU & Urban Legends Archive!

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS IN HISTORY
**** The Avalon Project: Major Collections - 12th century to the Present Day!
  The Avalon Project: Laws of War
The Avalon Project: Economic and Legal Treatises 
  Internet Ancient History Sourcebook 
  Medieval Sourcebook 
  Internet Modern History Sourcebook 
  EyeWitness To The Ancient World - EyeWitness To The Middle Ages and Renaissance - EyeWitness To The 17th Century - EyeWitness To The Eighteenth Century - EyeWitness To The 19th Century - EyeWitness To The American Civil War - EyeWitness To The Old West - EyeWitness To World War I - EyeWitness To World War Two - EyeWitness to the 20th Century - EyeWitness to History - Index
  Voices Of 20th Century - History in Motion
  Electronic Documents in History
EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents
  Hanover Historical Texts Project
***** Primary Resources and Documents from every country imaginable can be found at the World History Archives!
    RESOURCE - World Civilization: Primary Documents, Images, and Maps
Unforgettable Letters
  Making Sense of Oral History 
  Making Sense of Films 
  Making Sense of Maps
 
For more primary resources, check out each specific time period or topic on my Table of Contents page.

ORAL HISTORY & FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS
Fantastic first person accounts of events in US and World History: EyeWitness - history through the eyes of those who lived it
Making Sense of Oral History
TIPS ON DOING ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
ORAL HISTORY: TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES
Oral History Techniques Pamphlet
H-Oralhist HOME PAGE
Oral History
Doing Oral History
Learning Page: Using Oral History: Lesson Overview
Oral History Links
The Oral Tradition
Links to Oral Histories can be found according to time period/topic on my Table of Contents page.

FAMOUS QUOTES
How to KNOW Who Really Said It - Quotations 
  Famous Quotations Network 
  Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th edition 
  quote-o-matic - random quotes
  BBHQ: Who Said That? 
  The Quotations Page 
  The Quotations Page: Search for Quotations 
  The Quotations Home Page 
  TPCN - Quotation Center - Over 13,000 Great Quotations 
  TPCN Quotation Center - Search For Quotations To Inspire And Empower You! 
  quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic, by every author 
  Quotations for Creative Thinking and Living 
  Search Creative Quotations using Probe 1.5 
  Quotingman's Famous Quotes Page 
  Simpson, James B. 1988. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations 
     quotes of the day - qotd.org 
  QUOTABLE QUOTES 
  Yahoo! Reference > Quotations

Famous Last Words can be found in the section on Death & Cemeteries below. 

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY
  BBC - History: Historic Figures
  TIME Magazine: TIME 100 - People of the Century
  TIME Person of the Year: Story Archive Since 1927, Complete List - Person of the Year TIME Magazine - Search Results
  Person of the Year 2009 - TIME
For more, check out specific time periods/events on my Table of Contents page.
 


ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT(or televise)
Government Documents in the News - CURRENT EVENTS
  AlltheWeb.com is a super site! Just type in a search phrase regarding current news and get back articles from newspapers all over the world!
  Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Gallery View - Newseum | Past Online Exhibits - Newseum | Newseum Home
   CNN.comVideo - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
BBC Online Homepage - Welcome - BBC News | In-Depth 
  Need To Know | PBS - Need to Know | PBS . Video | PBS
  Welcome to TIME.com
  News Photos - News Pictures - Photo Essays - Interactive Graphics - TIME.com
  TIME Magazine: TIME 100 - People of the Century - Best & Worst Lists - Time 100 - TIME
  TIME Person of the Year: Story Archive Since 1927, Complete List - TIME Magazine Archives - TIME Archives - TIME Magazine Back Issues - Person of the Year 2009 - TIME
LIFE Magazine Homepage
  Covers Photo Galleries and Pictures - LIFE - LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
Newspaper - Paper - My Virtual Reference Desk - My Virtual Newspaper
  10,000 newspapers on the Net 
   The New York Times on the Web 
  Out There News presents World News Megastories
   Newspapers, national, international, journals -- 4Newspapers.com 
   World News from the HomeTown Free Press 
  Yahoo! News Full Coverage-World 
  Back Issue Magazines and Newspapers - A Source List 
    Using Newspapers in Education 
  OneWorld.net (U.S.) | beyond your own borders

For more info on US Political News & commentary, etc., please visit the my U.S. Government page.

... AND, THE NEWS NOT FIT TO PRINT - WEIRD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Strange News stories from all around the world! News of the Weird 
  The Onion | America's Finest News Source 
   Weird News and Strange Facts | National Geographic News
  Offbeat News from CNN


FREEDOM OF THE PRESS & EXPRESSION
CPJ Press Freedom Online 
  freedomhouse.org: Freedom in the World
International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
  The Free Expression Policy Project
  NCAC - National Coalition Against Censorship

For more info on Press Freedom, please visit the my U.S. Government page.

NEWS STORIES FROM THE PAST
TV News Archive: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
  Evening News Abstracts - find the major news stories since 1968
OLD NEWS homepage - Historical Newspaper Articles
   TIME Magazine Archives - TIME Archives - TIME Magazine Back Issues - See above for Time Person of the Year covers. 
LIFE Magazine's Classic(and Wackiest) Covers

Links to more Historical News Stories can be found according to time period/topic on my Table of Contents page.


MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS HISTORY
TIMELINE: History of the Information Revolution and Communications Technology 
  TIMELINE: Communications Technology 
TIMELINE & INFO: History of the Internet - More on Internet/Computer history available on my 20th Century America page.
  Media History Project : University of Minnesota - Timeline : Media History Project : U of M 
  Media Awareness Network | Home - For Teachers | Index - Lessons and Resources for Media Education | Index
  HISTORICAL MEDIA REVIEW
    Broadcasting, Radio and Television -- Encarta® Concise Encyclopedia
100 years of Radio: from Marconi to the future of communications
Radiomuseum "The World of Wireless"
The history of Radio. 
Sparks Telegraph Key Review
Recording Technology History

For more info, check out specific time periods on my Table of Contents page and my Motion Pictures, Movies, Film and Television & Misc. Fine Arts pages.

MEDIA STUDIES
Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies Page 
  Media History Project : University of Minnesota - Timeline : Media History Project : U of M
  Media Awareness Network | Home - For Teachers | Index - Lessons and Resources for Media Education | Index
Gender & Race in Media


WAR, WAR, WAR, WAR, WAR, WAR!
The Causes of War
  The Avalon Project : Laws of War 
   Britannica.com: Worlds Apart: The Roots of Regional Conflicts
  Index of Major Wars since 1700
Crisisweb: the International Crisis Group on-line system - info on military conflict around the world.
  Genocidal Acts During the Twentieth Century 
The History Guy: New and Recent Conflicts of the World
The History Guy: The War List
  Children of War - fighting, dying, surviving
  For more info, drop by my WWI, WWIIMilitary History, Info, Stats, & Cold War - Korea - Vietnam - Desert Storm, & War on Terrorism pages.


TIMELINES
History of the World - TIMELINES
History Timelines on the Web ... The History Beat
For many more timelines, please check out my Maps, Flags, Timelines page or the specific topics or time periods listed on my Table of Contents.

ISSUES FACING THE WORLD TODAY
International Topics and IssuesUnder Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs - U.S. Department of State 
  Current Travel Warnings - Current Travel Alerts - US Dept. of State
  freedomhouse.org: Freedom in the World
  UC Atlas of Global Inequality
  Globalization 101 - A Student's Guide
  Global Issues on the UN Agenda - More info on the United Nations is available on my Country Information page. 
  Amnesty International | Working to Protect Human Rights
  OneWorld.net (U.S.) | beyond your own borders - Issues | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
  CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Home - Children of War - fighting, dying, surviving
  Violence Against Women
  Debt Relief Now
  Britannica.com: Worlds Apart: The Roots of Regional Conflicts
  Click to Give @ The Hunger Site
  The Marshall Legacy Institute MLI : Landmine Awareness
  Homepage - International Crisis Group
  International Maritime Piracy
  Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
  ADL Terrorism Main Page - for much more, please visit my War on Terrorism page.
 

WHO/WHAT MADE AN IMPACT IN THE 20TH CENTURY & THE MILLENNIUM?!?
Check out my 20th Century America page.


NATIONALISM
NATIONALISM AND THE MAKING OF NATIONS
The Nationalism Project: What is Nationalism?
The Nationalism Project: Home
Nation Planet
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Nationalism
Treanor: Structures of Nationalism
19th Century Nationalism
Modern History Sourcebook: Music and Nationalism
Packerland as Fatherland - a little bit of humor on the subject of Nationalism.

IMPERIALISM
BBC - History: Empire and Seapower
  ANIMATED MAP: European colonial expansion 1820-1939
  Index of Possessions & Colonies
  Empire in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
MAP: Imperialism in Africa to the Eve of World War I
  MAP: Imperialism in Asia to the Eve of World War I
   MAP: The British Empire and Commonwealth after WWI 
MAP: Decline of Colonialism after WWII
  "NEW IMPERIALISM (1870 - 1914)
  New Imperialism 
  Mercantilism - Colonization and Mercantilism
  Decolonization: 1917-1970
 
For much more on Imperialism, check out my 19th Century America, Western Civilization, & England, Great Britain, UK sections on Imperialism, & specific countries on my Non-Western Cultures page.

SOCIALISM
Why Socialism? (By A. Einstein)
The World Socialist Movement - World Socialism / Marxism / Communism / Politics
More on socialism can be found on my Russia page in the section on the Revolution.

ANARCHY & RADICALISM
Anarchy Archives
Jay's Leftist and 'Progressive' Internet Resources Directory
Jay's Radical History Links
IPL Anarchist Poster Exhibition: Anarchism

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
World Cultures GLOSSARY - dictionary of terms relating to different culture from ancient times to the present day.
  AmosWEB: ECONOMIC GLOSS*arama 
Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms
   Medieval Glossaries
  A Glossary of Royal Titles in 35 Languages
  A Visual Glossary of Symbols

For more glossaries and terms, check out each specific topic on my Table of Contents page.


IMAGES & SOUNDS
EarthStation1.com - The Internet's #1 Audio - Visual Archive 
EarthStation1: The History Sounds & Pictures Page - Wavs, Sounds & Pictures
    H-GIG Historical Photographs Online 
  History Channel - Famous Speeches
Images from History: An image archive to support the teaching and study
LIFE Magazine's Classic(and Wackiest) Covers
     The Chairman Smiles - Posters from the former Soviet Union, Cuba & China
Colophon Gallery: The Illustrated Book
    CLIP ART: Civilizations/Cultures A-Z
  Picture-Projects
Many sites with images and sounds can be found at the Specific Topic pages on my Table of Contents page.


TRANSPORTATION IN HISTORY
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Transportation History
Transportation Technology Timeline
  The Geography of Transport Systems
  History of the US Highway System
The History of the Horse and its impact on Civilization: The Legacy of the Horse in History 
  European Voyages of Exploration - Fantastic! Maps, routes, cartography, navigation...you name it! 
From Travel to Tourism

Believe it or not, I am always getting asked about License Plates of the World
For much more, please visit my 20th Century America page. Also, check specific time periods and topics on my Table of Contents page.

NAVAL HISTORY, SHIPS, LIFE AT SEA
Did you know? On January 7, 1904 the distress call 'CQD' was introduced. 'CQ' stood for 'Seek You' and 'D' for 'Danger'. This lasted only until 1906 when it was replaced with 'SOS'.


ALSO: Did you know? In 1909, the liner, "Arapahoe", was the first ship to use the radio distress call, S.O.S. The ship found itself in trouble off Cape Hatteras, NC. S.O.S. remains the standard international distress signal for ships and airplanes.
Ancient Ships 
  Ancient Ships: The Ships of Antiquity
Origins of the Compass Rose Symbology 
European Voyages of Exploration - Fantastic! Maps, routes, cartography, navigation...you name it!  
  THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Any day in Maritime History from Mystic Seaport 
The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia
  Online Exhibitions | Mariners' Museum - Collections | Mariners' Museum
  Maritime History and Naval Heritage Homepage 
Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida 
   National Maritime Initiative Evaluation of Maritime Resources 
  The Maritime History Virtual Archives 
  Maritime History 
  Ancient Sailing Ships
  Evolution of Ship Building to Face South Atlantic Seas 
  THE EVOLUTION OF STEERING SHIPS 
  MAPS AND CHARTS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 
  The Ships That Changed the Map 
  PORTUGUESE SHIPS 
  A.N.C. - Tall Ships 
  WARSHIP 
  Tudor Sailing Ships 
  BBC - History - The Spanish Armada - HistoryBuff.com -- The Spanish Armada of 1588 - The Spanish Armada
  Transatlantic Traffic: Unit One 
  NOVA Online | Voyage of Doom 
  The American Experience | Rescue at Sea 
  Maritime Heritage Program Home Page 
  Voyages: Stories of America and the Sea 
  Lighthouse Heritage: Index to National Maritime Initiative Lighthouse Sites
Naut Arch WEBConections
NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY - GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Naval Dockyards Society Website 
   Pirates! - for Kids from nationalgeographic.com
  Famous Pirates & Pirates History
   Pirate Image Archive
  Origins of the "Jolly Roger"
  The Islands of The Bahamas/Pirates 
  Blackbeard's Homepage ........the King of Pirates
New Steamship Consultants - Ocean Liner Memorabilia Home Page
  COMMAND AT SEA
  Lost Liners: Earth's Once Great Ships
  Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 
   Encyclopedia Titanica: Main Page 
  Titanic 
  The Titanic Information Site 
  RMS Titanic, Inc. 
  What really sank the TITANIC?
  Postal Clerks on the Titanic and Info on the Sea Postal Clerk Service 
Bermuda Triangle & Marine Sulphur Queen
  Andrea Doria Home Page 
  Andrea Doria-Tragedy and Rescue at Sea 
  S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald  
  Ships of the Old Navy, A History of Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy 
  THE SEA-BORNE EMPIRES 
  Whales on the Net - Whaling History 
  The history of whaling 
  Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition 
  Shipwreck: An Ancient Sea Trade Game
 
Viking ship info can be found on my Western Civilization page. Also, check out the Navy links on my Military History & Info page. My World War I and World War II pages will have info about ships during those wars (i.e. the Lusitania in WWI).
For more links relating to ships, check out specific time periods/events on my Table of Contents.


PLAGUE, DEATH & CEMETERIES
American Experience | The Great "Yellow" Fever | PBS
  WGBH American Experience . Influenza 1918 | PBS 
  SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Mystery of the Black Death | PBS
For more on pandemics/epidemics in history, check out specific time periods on my Table of Contents page.
I know these links may be a little gruesome. What can I say? I didn't know what page to put these links on, but they be helpful when doing research:
***** Find A Grave
   **** How they died. Where they died. Where they are buried. The Political Graveyard is an unbelievably informative site.
**** Ok, there is this weird guy who likes to have his picture taken standing next to the burial sites of all the Dead Presidents.  But, with each picture, comes loads informative links on all our now deceased Commanders in Chief. Pretty darn good site.
The World Wide Cemetery
The Cemetery of Rock - Actual graves, gravesites, tombstones, memorials 
The Obituary Page
Crossing The River Styx
Writ in Water: An International Gallery of Memorials for the Dead
   Dead People Server 
  Cemeteries 
A Brief Bibliography of Historic Cemetery Research - Archaeology
City of the Silent - History of Cemeteries
The Tombstone Traveller's Guide
The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
cemetery studies
Cemeteries
Links to Cemetery Pages 
International Jewish Cemetery Project
Cemetery Culture: City of the Silent
  Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries
  Death in America 
   Gravestone Symbolism
  FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE: CEMETERY HISTORY 
  FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE: CEMETERY SYMBOLS 
  Funeral and Memorial Symbols from The Tombstone Traveller's Guide
The Epitaph Browser
Last Words: A collection of famous last words, epitaphs, obituaries, farewells 
    Famous Last Words - from About.com
Canonical List of Famous Last Words  
Kearl's Guide to the Sociology of Death 
  SOCIOLOGY OF DEATH AND DYING 
  About Death

WONDER OF WONDERS!
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Location of the Seven Wonders
The Seven Wonders: Natural Wonders
The Seven Wonders: Forgotten Wonders
The Seven Wonders: Modern Wonders

HISTORY OF MEDICINE & SURGERY
International Museum of Surgical Science
BBC Education - Medicine Through Time
BROWNson's nursing history links
Images from the History of Medicine
U.S. National Library of Medicine - Home Page
History of Medicine Division HOME
Images From the History of the Public Health Service, Table of Contents
Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts
Elizabeth Blackwell - That girl there is doctor of medicine
History of the Health Sciences Web Resources
Resources for Medical History Papers
Medical Antiques: Instruments for Surgery and Dentistry
For more on the history of medicine(many of which occurred in the horror of war), check out specific wars at my U.S. War & Military Info page.
Also, more info on the history of medicine on my Other Subjects page.


IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
For info on Time, Calendars, etc., please visit my Maps, Flags, Timelines page.

ANTI-SEMITISM IN HISTORY
BEYOND THE PALE: The Development of Modern Anti-Semitism
Beyond the Pale: Exhibit Guide - Condensed
Beyond the Pale: Exhibit Guide - Expanded
Beyond the Pale: Popular Anti-Semitism
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM: images
Jewish-Christian Relations: History/Incidents
Anti-Semitic Legends
   The Roots of Anti-Semitism

For more info, please visit the section on Judaism on my Religions. Also, visit my Holocaust page.


WORLD ROYALTY
A Glossary of Royal Titles in 35 Languages
A Glossary of European Noble, Princely, Royal and Imperial Titles
Divine Right Of Kings: The Human God Brings Order to Chaos
Divine Right of Kings
Royal Families of World History
Royalty.nu - The World of Royalty - History, News, Books
National Politics Web Guide: directory of historical rulers, politicians
FAQ: Non-British royalty & Nobility
FAQ: British Royalty and Nobility
IMAGE: The Heirs of Europe in 1998
European Royalty & Nobility
EUROPEAN NOBILITY
Precedence of the Nobility
Longest Rulers in History
Royal Styles
STYLES OF SOVEREIGNS and STYLES OF CHILDREN OF SOVEREIGNS
Royal Genealogies -- Menu
Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
Joan's Royalty in History Site
Nobility
The Monarchist.com
Discovery Online, Royal Scandals
Royal Descents of famous people
Nobility in America: Coats of Arms of Famous Americans
Regnal Chronologies
MAP: Monarchies of the 20th Century
The Polish Nobility Association - Table of Contents
Joan's Mad Monarchs Series
For more, please visit my Country Information (section on rulers, presidents, & prime ministers) page or the specific country links on my Table of Contents.

ARCHITECTURE - ART - MUSIC - LITERATURE - DRAMA

What is Architecture?
IMAGES: History of Architecture
ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB
World Art History Resources
World Music! Laura's MIDI Heaven!
Instruments in World Music
You can find many more links Art and Architecture on my Art and Galleries page. For more on Music, please visit my Music page. Also, check out my Literature and Drama, Motion Pictures, Movies, Film, and Television & Misc. Fine Arts pages.

PHILOSOPHY
For info, drop by my Classics & Myth, Enlightenment and Other Subjects pages.

NOBLE....NOBEL PRIZE
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Channel

WHAT IS CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION?
What Is Culture?
What is Civilization?
Collapse - Why Do Civilizations Fall?

AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
The Origins of Agriculture and the Domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East
  Open Field System - Agriculture - GCSE Economic and Socical History
  Agriculture during the Reformation Era
  WWW-VL: US History: Agricultural History: United States Agriculture
  Agricultural Revolution - Fling the Teacher - Interactive game
  For more, check out my General U.S.A. History page and specific time periods on my Table of Contents page.


TRIVIA, GAMES, ON THIS DAY, AND ODD HISTORY
This Day in History — History.com — What Happened Today in History
  BBC - History: On This Day - Today in History » HistoryNet - Picture of the Day » HistoryNet - Daily Quiz » HistoryNet 
  Welcome to the Useless Information Home Page!
  BBC - History - Games
  History Games and Animations
  bubbabrain - K-12+, Elementary, Middle School, High School, AP, IB, SAT
Trivia at UselessKnowledge.com - Facts, Quotes, Quizzes, History
  History Trivia, Quizzes, Quiz Questions, Fun Facts, Information
  Fun Trivia Quizzes - World's Largest Trivia and Quiz Site!
  Cool Quiz! Trivia, Quizzes, Puzzles, Jokes, Useless Knowledge, FUN!
  20Q.net Inc.
AbsoluteTrivia.com - The Totally Trivia Search Engine
***** TIGERX.COM Trivia Daily
    ***** History House: Books, Stories, and Historical Trivia - funny site/easy reading!
FunTrivia.com - The Archive of Useless Facts and Trivia (fun facts and trivia)
Trivia Bytes - The Internet's best sound clip trivia game.
  The Museum of Hoaxes 
  History of Plumbing Index
  CURIOUS CHAPBOOKS & HYSTERICAL HISTORIES 
  What's In A Name? a web site about name origins & popularity 
   Alternative History  - "What if...?" history
For more quizzes/interactive stuff, check out specific topics/time periods on my Table of Contents page.


EDUCATION, FAMILIES, & CHILDHOOD
The History of Education & Childhood
History of education by country 
  A History of Children
History of education, school (general)

HORACE MANN ON EDUCATION AND NATIONAL WELFARE 1848
Dewey: Democracy and Education: Table of Contents
Family versus Familia, Historical Definitions of the Family
Kinship and Marriage
Aging and Culture 
  Children in History 
  Relationships & Family | The Art of Manliness
 
***** World Alumni Net - Register with your high school, college, or university's Alumni Organizations! SUPER site!
Web66: International School Web Site Registry
For more info on schooling & childhood in the past, please visit the specific time periods on my Table of Contents.
For more sites dealing with education, drop by my Teachers and Education & Parents and Families pages.


UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CULTURES
Diversity Calendar
Humanities-Interactive Understanding Other Cultures Exhibitions
For much more, check out my Country Information and Non-Western Cultures pages.

THE OLYMPICS
Welcome to the official site of the International Olympic Committee
For more on the Ancient & Modern Olympics, check out my Sport & Entertainment page.

MONEY AND TRADE
TIMELINE: Money  
The Ancients First Use of Money 
The Functions of Money 
  History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day  
  Money - Past, Present & Future 
  Ancient Trade Routes 
  ASTA's World of Spice - The History of the Spice Trade 
  Manufacturing in Early Modern Europe - Early modern trade and finance - Finance and Banking in the Age of the Reformation
  IATP Trade Observatory 
  Welcome to Global Financial Data 
  Perspectives in Numismatics
  Mixing '60s Activism and Anti-Globalization 
  PBS - Commanding Heights: Globalization, World Trade, and Economic Development 
  Trade Resources

For more on $$$, check out my U.S. Government and Country Information (for currency converters & exchange rates) pages. Also, check out specific time period pages from my Oz's Table of Contents page.

WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE
FUN Site and VERY Interesting: History of Plumbing Index
Waterborne disease: Plagues & Epidemics
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
SPEAKING OF BATHROOMS

VARIOUS TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY
The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less
  The Art of Manliness | Men's Interests and Lifestyle
BBC - History - Social History 
BBC - History - Games 
*** Popular Culture - from Antiquity to the 20th Century!
  History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day - Chronology of Money Timeline
  The Long Foreground: Human Prehistory 
The Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book FANTASTIC SITE! 
Early World History - Lectures on Prehistory and Ancient Civilizations - For more, please visit my General Ancient History page.
  The Ancient World 
  PBS - Empires Series
  History of Plumbing Index
  The Legacy of the Horse in History
  Penn Museum - Online Exhibits
  World Civilization to 1550 C.E. 
  World History from 500 to 1900 
  World Civilization from 1550 to the Present 
  Luminarium - Medieval and Renaissance 
  Eighteenth-Century Resources
  Romantic Chronology 
  The Twentieth Century 
    Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe 
The World in the 20th Century 
  Old World Cultures 
  New World Cultures 
  Migrations in History 
  Diasporas: Overview
  Population Movements & Migration 
    The Engines of Our Ingenuity: Main Page 
  Suppressed Histories Archives 
  Our World Today - Webcams Around the World 
  World Monuments Watch 2001 list of 100 Most Endangered Sites 
  UNESCO World Heritage List
  ARTICULATORY BASIS OF THE ALPHABET [Robin Allott] 
  Acronyms and Abbreviations 
Sports Internet Web Links ... The Sports Beat
History of Mathematics  
    Virtual World of Intelligence: -- Plus 30 Additional Intelligence Sites 
R U B E - G O L D B E R G - the Wacky Inventor!
  International weights and measures info: megaConverter's Home Page 
  SYMBOLS dot NET, with a Portal to the portals! 
   The 1939-40 New York World's Fair - For more on fairs, exhibitions, and amusement parks, please visit my History of Sports & Entertainment page.
      Impact of Insects on Human History 
  Disaster City 
  Punishment Library
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
    Torture Dungeon: Torture history, Political Torture, Human Rights - no pictures at this site of torture, but some pictures of instruments used for torture. May not be appropriate for younger students.
The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century 
   Genocidal Acts During the Twentieth Century
   STATISTICS OF PRE-20TH CENTURY GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER 
  History in Film Home Page  
The History Place - Hollywood's Best History Films! 
  Web links for Western Legal Tradition
  Soon's Historical Fiction Site 
  World Monuments Fund 
  Contemporary Ethical Issues
 
FOR MANY MORE TOPICS, PLEASE CHECK OUT SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS ON MY TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE. 

EVERY KIND OF CALCULATOR YOU CAN IMAGINE!
  Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center (part of Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'


GENERAL WORLD HISTORY SITES
Thematic Index for World History 
  History and Vintage Films on DVD and CD Collections - The Historical Archive
  CSIS Globalization101.org - A Student's Guide to Globalization
   World History: Attitude and Events, from Early Humanity to Yesterday 
       Welcome to The World History Links Page - pick a country, any country for mountains of links!!!
  Country Data & History - GREAT HISTORY HERE, in depth.
  Encyclopedia of the Nations - Information about countries of the world, United Nations, World Leaders
  History Channel 
  History.com Topics
  HistoryNet » HistoryNet
  HistoryWorld Encylopedia - History and Timelines - WORLD HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA
  All Empires: Online History Community
  Lectures on Ancient and Early Medieval History - Lectures on Early Modern European History - Lectures on Modern European Intellectual History - Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe
  List of Essays, History of Western Civilization, Knox
  History by Country 
  World History: People, Places and Events 
  EMuseum Home – Minnesota State University, Mankato
  Historyteacher.net
  Medieval and World History Lectures 
  Mrs. Ruland's Modern World History 
  SUBJECTS IN HISTORY 
  History On-Line 
*** Popular Culture - from Antiquity to the 20th Century!
  KID INFO: Great World History Resource 
  BBC - WebGuide 
VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE HOME PAGE
BBC Online - History 
    World Cultures 
    PBS History 
   The History Place
The History Net - Where History Lives on the Web 
     The History Guide 
   The WWW-VL History Index 
  The WWW Virtual Library
    Dick's History Page - Wonderful site that places events in perspective with the the times in which they occurred.
History House: Books, Stories, and Historical Trivia - FUN site, easy reading!!
      Welcome to MuseumNetwork.com
   Treasures of the World Home Page: Stories Behind the World's Art
Welcome to History on the Web
Talking History Home Page
Essays in History -- University of Virginia 
  Dr. Vess's World Civilization Interactive Journey 
  Web Sites for the History Profession
   Arts and Humanities
History, Archaeology, and Classics
  History Timelines on the Web ... The History Beat (for more timelines, visit my Maps, Flags, Timelines page)
   The History Ring - sites on all sorts of interesting historical periods.
  Athena Review: Journal of Archaeology, History, and Exploration
  Political Science Internet Resources
   Turnings in History
    History Online Project
  General History Sources/Sites
  The Scout Report for Social Sciences - Home
     Contents of Reading About the World, Vol. 2
Dale Lightfoot's Virtual Cultural Geography Lesson
Spartacus Educational: Free Internet Resources
   MUSEUMS ON LINE
Museum and Art Galleries Internet Web Links ... The Museum Beat
Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
    SCHOLARS' GUIDE TO WWW
In Search of History: An Internet Sampler
  General History Sources/Sites
  Horus' History Links
History(US and European) Reports, Essays, and Papers of Jonathan
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web 
    History Today Magazine 
   Fun With History - REALLY! 
  MuseumLink's Museum of Museums
    Honest Intellectual Inquiry 
   University of California Press - Click on E-EDITIONS for online books
  Museum Internet Web Links ... The Museum Beat
      HISTORY BOOKS ONLINE
   Global History Consortium: Teaching World History 
  Guinness World Records 
  Virtual Tour of Museums and Exhibits -- Enjoy Over 300 Tour sites includ 
  World Art Treasures 
  World Folk Art & Craft Exchange 
  Biggest Mysteries Megasite On Planet Earth 
  Center for History and New Media 
  Conversations with History
  Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport 
  Obee's History Page 
  Minnesota State University EMuseum 
  Alex Morgan's Links 
  Hartman History Page 
  Best History Websites 
  History of the World 
  Ursula's History Web

Clio - The Greek Muse of History

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:
General Ancient History
General U.S.A. History
Western Civilization - History & Impact of Europe
England, Great Britain, UK
France
Russia
Country Information - Info & Statistics on countries all over the world
Maps, Flags, Timelines - plus money, geography, calendars, time, holidays.
Non-Western Cultures - Asia, China, Japan, Africa, India, Middle East, Oceania, Caribbean, & Various other cultures.

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