World
History On the Internet
Compiled
by Whitney Howarth and Patrick Manning
The websites listed below are presented in the following categories, with brief annotations provided on most sites.
A. The World History Center, Northeastern University and its Affiliates
B. The World History Association and its Affiliates
C. International Organizations and Journals
D. Educational Organizations
E. Massachusetts Organizations
F. World History in General
G. World History in Early Times (before 500 C.E.)
H. World History from 500 to 1800 C.E.
I . World History in 19th and 20th Centuries
A.
The World History Center, Northeastern University and its Affiliates The
World History Center at Notheastern H-WORLD,
the electronic discussion list of the World History Association The
New England Regional World History Association http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/world-history/ Information
on Technology - Electronic conference Studies
in the World History of Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation Articles
and discussion about issues of slavery in the Atlantic world and
beyond. BAGHN
Boston Area Graduate History Network, a collaborative linkage
of ten New England graduate programs in history. B.
The World History Association and its Affiliates The
World History Association http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/world-history/ H-WORLD,
the electronic discussion list of the World History Association The
Rocky Mountain World History Association http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/world-history/ The
New England Regional World History Association C.
International Organizations and Journals The
United Nations Organization The
American Historical Association H-Net
- Humanities On-Line World
Systems Network http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html WSN:
The World-Systems Electronic Conferencing Network: http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems This
Network and resource site facilitates the sharing of research,
data, syllabi and book reviews for scholars interested in global
economics and world-systems theory. Fernand
Braudel Center (Binghamton Univ.) and Review http://fbc.binghamton.edu/rev.htm Studies
in the World History of Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation Articles
and discussion about issues of slavery in the Atlantic world
and beyond. Anistoriton D.
Educational Organizations Massachusetts
Department of Education State
of California Academic Standards Commission E.
Massachusetts Organizations World
Affairs Council of Boston Primary
Source F.
World History in General THE
WORLD HISTORY ARCHIVES (Hartford publishers) by B. Haines http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/10/003.html Includes:
*Feudalism in World History *Discussions on Eurocentrism What
does it mean to be "Western"? *Debate over the US
National Standards for World History *Comparison of the Russian
and French Jacobin Revolutions *World System Theory and discussion
of the term "Civilization" *Regional Documents and
over 50 links to history focusing on global regions, nations,
trade areas like Africa, Asia, Europe, Caribbean, the Americas,
Oceania, the Atlantic world and the Indian Ocean. History
and Social Studies Resource page k-12 Super
page! Updated regularly and full of sources for teaching, especially
look at the section on Non Western Resources... includes interesting
documents for China, Japan, the middle east, South America and
India. Encyclopedia
Britannica On Line This
site is extremely useful for world history refernce and timeline
information, biographies and succinct summary of national histories.
There are over 18,988 entries/articles listed under "history".
User friendly search engine makes this site easily navigable. Index
of Resources for Historians A
truly impressive list of site links and resources... many maps
and primary documents on world history. All nations and regions
are listed alphabetically for easy access. Hyper
History On Line: www.hyperhistory.com
3,000
years of world history timelines, recommended by the Encyclopedia
Britannica Internet Guide. Uses "Synchronoptic" timelines,
"to see things happening at the same time" across
the globe. The
Discovery Channel School Page This
site offers lesson plans, videos, activities and other materials
for sale from the makers of the TLC and Discovery Channel. Updated
regularly and special activities designed to coincide with tv
programming. Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators Superbly
organized site with many interesting links to history pages
on everything: the Titanic, Ancient Rome and Egypt, Vietnam,
Victorian history, pre-history, archaelogy, castles, Columbus,
18th century documents on line and TIMElines. Global
Studies, Euro-Asian History, AP European History World
Cultures http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM World
Rulers http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1058/rulers.html World
Rulers lists the past and present leaders of every state in
the world. Birth and death dates are provided, as well as pictures
for some. Monthly
updates are posted. The
World's History, by Howard Spodek Volume I to 1500 Volume 2 since
1100 http://www.prenhall.com/spodek/ African
Studies WWW - University of Pennsylvania http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html The
Internet African History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html The
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html The
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html World
Religious Texts http://davidwiley.com/religion.html A
broad collection of religious texts from various parts of the
world. Searchable
RSV Bible text, Septuagint and Hebrew Bible, Confucious texts,
Buddhist texts and excerpts from the Koran. USC
Muslim Students Association Extensive
reference materials about Islam, human relations in Islam, Islamic
politics, economics, organizations and events. African
Indigenous Knowledge Systems http://members.aol.com/Afsci/africana.htm Fairbank
Chinese History Virtual Library Harvard
Forum for Central Asian Studies http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~centasia/ University
of Minnesota World History Courses NZHistory.net.nz
A new web site focusing exclusively on New Zealand history.
The site is a gateway for all information relating to New Zealand
history, and provides up-to-theminute material on a range of historical
topics. NZhistory.net.nz is for students, teachers and pracrtionaers
of NZ history, as well as for those simply interested in New Zealand's
past. National
Consortium for Teaching Canada Dedicated to facilitating the
teaching of Canada in the United States. "Our Mission is to
capture the imagination and attention of K-12 teachers, students,
media resource specialists, and the general public by communicating
the most recent research, themes, ideas, and developments about
Canada and its place in the world." Center
for History and New Media Asian
Art on the Web "Preserving
Ancient Statues from Jordan" This site features a wonderful
exploration of a recent exhibition at the Sackley on ancient art
from Jordan. The
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: This site contains extensive
online exhibitions of Asian Art. The
Singapore Art Museum features an on-line exhibition on Southeast
Asian art. North
Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual ArtsThis site
features educational materials and great links! Sites
for Teaching about China Primary
Source Information on the New England China Connection and
China Studies, as well as African-American Intellectual History,
Mayan Studies, Carribbean Studies, and the American West. Ask
Asia An extensive site for kindergarten through 12th grade
students and educators. Offers lesson plans, readings, interactive
games, and related links. Gate
of Heavenly Peace Resources for grades 6 through 12 about
events leading to Tiananmen Square protests and the Beijing Massacre
of June 4, 1989. Five
College Center for East Asian Studies Teaching resources
for kindergarten through college. Publishes a detaild newletter
of grants, resouces, and coming events. Yale
Program in International Educational Resources For teachers
kindergaten through 12th grade. Including free materials for loan
to educators. East
Asian Center of Indiana University More teacher resouces
for kindergarten through 12th grade, including entire curriculum
units and lesson plans to download. East
Asian Curriculum Project of Columbia University Collection
of excellent lessons placns for grades seven through 12. Winsor
School China Page China links for grades nine through 12. Searching
for China Information and virtual tour of China for grades
kindegarten through 12. China
News Digest Current news for independent nonprofit for teachers
in grades nine through 12. G.
World History in Early Times (before 500 C.E.) The
Ancient World Web The
Ancient World Web is an extensive guide to ancient history on
the Internet created by University of Virginia librarian Julia
Hayden. Like a good library resource, the database can be searched
by location or subject. Some
of the subjects covered include art, archaeology, law, and history. The
subjects also go far beyond Rome and Greece; there is a wealth
of informationon ancient Australia, Guatemala, and Thailand, just
to name a few of the places covered. This is an excellent starting
point for ancient history research. Exploring
Ancient World Cultures http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm This
site is a gateway to ancient history Web sites on India, Egypt,
China, Greece, the Near East, the Roman Empire, and the Islamic
world. There are also many connections to sites on medieval Europe.
Each culture is indexed separately, with each section preceded
by a short introduction. Each list of sites is also well annotated. The
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html African
Archaeology Sites http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/archaeology/ The
Silk Road Silk
Road Photo Gallery offers photographs along the silk road
today, including Kashgar and Turfan. Several
Links about a project underway to investigate cities along
the Silk Road. The
Silk Road Foundation: provides a broad spectrum of information,
a great set of links for further surfing, and a wonderful chronology
for the silk road. The
Silk Road provides maps, and other useful information on
the silk road and trade. H.
World History from 500 to 1800 C.E. Images
from History (for teaching pre-modern history) http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/noframes.html World
History to 1500 http://www.lib.upm.edu.my/iishis.htm Links
and articles on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hebrews, Persians, Indus
Valley Civilizations, Greece, Han China, Mongols, Islam and
cultural diffusion. Certainly worth perusing. The
Maya Pages http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/maya/maya.html The
Maya Pages contain information on Mayan maps, culture, numbers,
and language with links to related materials. Islamic
Texts and Resources MetaPage http://wings.buffalo.edu:80/student-life/sa/muslim/isl/isl.html The
Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage offers articles on Islam,
FAQs regarding the practices of Islam, and links to resources
for Islamic art, architecture, and culture. The
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/ Lesson
plans, excercises, and other tools for teaching medieval studies
k-12 . Areas include archaeology, manuscripts, music, philosophy,
social history, and science in the middle ages. Cultures include:
Byzantium, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, English, French, German, Iberian,
Italian and Scandinavian. Some topics include: Vikings, Norse
gods, chivalry, heraldry, ruins, Arthurian studies, medieval
women and historiography. Eurodocs
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/ This
is Brigham Young University's excellent collection of on-line
primary historical documents from Western Europe, including
selected transcriptions, facsimiles, and translations. The entries
cover political economic, social, and cultural history. The
Internet Medieval History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html La
Renaissance http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/ La
Renaissance discusses the philosophy, science, and social thought
of the Renaissance in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. The
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html This
site is a hypertext archive of scholarly articles, medical consilia,
governmental records, religious writings, and images documenting
the arrival, impact, and handling of various epidemic diseases
in western Europe between 1348 and 1530. Jack
Owens' Site on World History, 1350-1800 Columbus
and the Age of Discovery Database (H-LATAM) http://h-net.msu.edu/~west/archives/logsjun95/0008.html Over
1000 text articles from various magazines, journals, newspapers,
speeches and other sources relating to various "encounter
themes". A
great amount of information on witch trials from around the
world (but mostly in Europe and America). This site includes
some historical documents, diaries, letters, and testimonials. Third
Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections
Library http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery/ Third
Person, First Person probes the life experience of African-American
slaves from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth
century, and it examines the enterprise of recovering and preserving
the African-American history of the period. The exhibit showcases
the kinds of rare materials that under scrutiny reveal the ambitions,
motivations, and struggles of people often presumed mute. At
present, the site includes scanned documents of letters, posters,
bills of sale, and more. The
Global Expansion of Capitalism David
Kalivas (Pre-1700 World History)
I.
World History in 19th and 20th Centuries The
Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html Links
to Aboriginal Resources http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborl.htm Page
designed to provide info. and links to various sites on Canadian,
Latin American, Australian, and U.S. aboriginal populations.
Significant detail on international law and environmental
issues relating to these populations. Revolutionary
History http://www.cix.co.uk/~jplant/revhist Magazine
site that offers a Trotskyite history page for the publication
of original documents and back articles from the Revolutionary
History Magazine. Yekrik!
Yekrak! Caribbean History http://perso.wanadoo.fr/yekrik.yekrak Amistad
Sites Trade
Unions and Globalization http://www.global-labour-summit.sid.dk/ Topics
include child labour, the concept of globalization, individualism
vs. collectivism, the global environment, the global labour
arket, socialism. This site includes a search engine for the
papers included. Anti-Imperialism
in the US, 1898-1935 http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/index.html Rudyard
Kipling's 1899 poem "The White Man's Burden" justified
colonial imperialism, and it immediately generated a flood
of responses. This site provides access to the full text of
these poems, essays, cartoons, and interviews. The
Russian Revolution http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/rusrev.html This
site has a collection of quotations, photographs, and maps
related to the Russian Revolution. African-American
Leaders: The Black History Database http://www.seditionists.org/black/bhist.html Created
and maintained at MIT, this index provides brief histories
of many important figures and events in Africa-American history
along with links to sites that treat them in more detail. OnLine
Resources for African American Women and Womanist Studies http://www.library.kent.edu/~gladysb/afas.html Biographies,
reviews of classroom resources, curriculum units, links, etc.
for middle school to college teachers, students, parents and
history buffs. This site explores women's experiences in World
History. Rutgers
WWII Oral History Project http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm Over
50 records/interviews of men and women who served in the U.S.
and overseas during the second world war. Atomic
Archive This
site explores the history surrounding the invention of the
atomic bomb. Includes time lines, biographies, maps, primary
documents, photographs and historical footage. Famous
Anarchist Biographies http://tigerden.com/~berios/libertarians.html Global
Studies: The Millenium Project Websites
about Women in the Middle East Association
for Middle East Women's Studies Provides information
on membership in the organization, goals of the organization,
and names and authors of recent articles on women in the Middle
East. Women's
Affairs Technical Committee A Palestinian non-governmental
organization dedicated to achieving equal rights for women. Women
and Development United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization report on women, agriculture, and rural development
in the Middle East. East to read report on status of rural women. Women
in the Middle East Produced by Amnesty International,
an international human rights group. Focuses on women's rights
and women's activities in human rights struggles in the Middle
East.
