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Scholar's Guide to WWW |
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Singapore Infomap |
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Everything you could want to know about Singapore, past and present, in a fun and funcional website.
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Indigenous Culture - Canadian Arctic Profiles |
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The Living Africa - The People |
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Country Studies: Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress / Federal Research Di |
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An excellent collection of detailed background information on many countries of the world.
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World Cultures |
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This online course site form WSU contains some excellent material including texts and readings on the the nature of culture, the reformation, Milton, Enlightment, America, the Ottomans, Asia, Africa, the World in Crisis and a glossary.
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Foreign Language For Travelers |
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Contains translations/phrasebooks for 74 languages. A very handy tool.
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Ancient Scripts of the World |
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Thorough, interesting and simply organized.
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Transparent Language - Choose your language |
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Ref: Glossary of Literary Terms |
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Ref: Unabridged American Heritage Dictionary |
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Contains over 350,000 entries and meanings.
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Ref: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |
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Ref: Cambridge Dictionary |
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Web of Online Dictionaries |
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A master list of online dictionaries for all languages and all technical areas. Also thesauri and grammar.
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Ref: The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr. |
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Christine's Black History Pages |
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A well organized and massive collecion of links on Black American history and culture.
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African American Odyssey |
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A great presentation on Black American history from the slave trade to the Civil Rights movement.
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Antiquity |
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A very detailed hypertext on Ancient History covering all major eras and world regions. Nice color maps of ancient regions
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China and East Asia |
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Historical timelines for China, Japan and East Asia.
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Ref: Encyclopaedia of the Orient |
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An extremely detailed and deep encyclopedia of the Middle East.
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NOVA Online - Secrets of Lost Empires |
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Five excellent sections: Medieval Siege, Easter Island, Pharoah's Obeliskt, Roman Baths and China Bridge. Each is filled with stories, interviews, basic information and cool interactivities.
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History Channel |
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Lots of content and great organization. Highlights include a database of over 25000 biographies, a detailed hyperlinked world history timeline, historical places, famous speeches, links and more.
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History Place |
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Excellent content on the Civil War, War of Independence, WWII, US presidents, Vietnam War and world history.
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HistoryNet - Where History Lives on the Web |
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World History - HyperHistory |
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An outstanding site for history that's interesting and educational. Uses multiple interactive timelines for people, history and events, as well as a map section. Goes all the way back to 150000 BC.
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World History |
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An astounding online resource consisting of 88 chapters of world history from antiquity to the 20th C. Illustrated with excellent quality historical maps.
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History - BBC |
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BBC continues to meet the highest standards with this site. Highlights include a 16 part series on the history of Britain, Black history, History Quest, Local Heroes (biographies)
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DoHistory Home |
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An interactive history adventure. Reconstruct a piece of history using the artifacts of Marth Ballard.
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Perseus Project Home Page |
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An eclectic combination of Greek history, architectural images, an encyclopedia, Shakepeare's complete Julius Caesar, Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus, Agammemnon, Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Cicero's orations against Catiline, and Vergil's Aeneid, and an interactive map of ancient Delphi.
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BBC Online - History |
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Everything anyone could want to know about British history. Incudes sections on nations, monarchs, religion, wars & conflicts, timelines and society & economy. Nice design, good illustrations and interesting, educational content.
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EyeWitness - History Through The Eyes Of Those Who Lived It |
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History through the eyes of those who lived it
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WebChron |
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Specialized history timelines for virtually every region of the world. Other than point form single line items, there is no additional information, but it's an impressive, well organized effort nonetheless.
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Medieval Britain Index |
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Extremely detailed history of England and Wales. Features very interesting, highly readable content and nice design. Extremely deep content (e.g. Clerical Orders under Monasticism). Also has timeline of English and Welsh history and much more.
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History of the Doomsday Clock |
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The fascinating story of the Doomsday clock, monitoring the likelihood of a nuclear war since 1945.
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K-12 Africa Guide |
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A very well orgnaized collection of links on Africa-related topics.
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African Voices - Smithsonian Institute |
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Features excellent presentation style, brief but solid information, interesting topics, an art collection and web links, but the highlight is the very detailed and atractive interactive timeline.
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Africans in America |
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A deep and detailed effort on African American history from 1450-1865. Features interesting topics and information, illustrations, interactive maps
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What is Culture? |
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National Geographic History & Culture |
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National Geographic's Guide to history and culture. Includes: Cultural Photos, Historical Photos, News About Cultures, Archaeological Vacations, Cultural Vacations, School Lesson Plans, Encyclopedia, History Index, Peoples and Cultures Index
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National Geographic News about Cultures |
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Recent news about cultures around the world from NationalGeographic.com
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Black History Links Page |
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EyeWitness to History |
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First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos, original radio broadcasts.
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Ethnologue, Languages of the World |
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Arctic Studies Center - The National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution |
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A beautiful site. Includes anthropology of early Arctic peoples, an interactive gallery of Arctic cultures, indepth section on Yamal culture, Vikings, assorted articles and a section on Arctic wildlife.
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African Timelines - Table of Contents |
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Medieval Sourcebook- Introduction |
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An amazing collection of links to important historical texts and documents.
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Timelines of Asia: Literary & Cultural History |
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Very detailed timelines of history and religion in India China and Japan, hyperlinked to pasages from key religious texts.
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