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History & World Cultures

American History:

Afro-American History
A comprehensive site on the history of Black Americans.

American Civil War Homepage
The history of America's great internal conflict.

American and British History Resources
This site contains historical information in narrative form, and is also an excellent source for documents.

American Memory
The Library of Congress website can access documents, motion pictures, photos, and sound recordings.

Archiving Early America
Early documents of American History.

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
Similar to link above, but is more comprehensive.

Douglass: Archives of American Public Address

Browse listings by speaker, title, chronology or issue.

Ellis Island
The homepage for Ellis Island, with links to information on immigration in America.

Historical Maps of the United States
The Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection.

History Buff's Home Page

Original news articles from key events in the American past. Includes links to historic sound files!

NativeWeb

A genealogical source, but much more.

The Political Graveyard

A comprehensive index to where many political figures are buried. With background.

POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
Facts about our U.S. Presidents.

US Historical Documents
U.S. Historical Documents from the earliest colonial period up through the present day.

General History:

AlternaTime:The Timelines Collection
Links to a number of serious history timeline pages and some timelines just for fun!

Eyewitness
Historical events through the eyes of "those who lived it".

Emperors of Rome
A history of the Roman Empire.

Index of Resources for Historians
A mega site which links to an enormous collection of historical sites around the world.

History Net
An exciting page for history information. Try the article index for a list of topics available.

Hyperhistory
Timelines, short biographies, major events and links to other helpful pages.

Internet History Sourcebook
A large (and growing) resource for history information.

The Perseus Project
A wonderful site for those interested in classical studies. It features a special section on the olympics complete with athletes' stories.

World War I
An Internet History of The Great War.

World Cultures:

Atlapedia Online
Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Aboriginal Resources
A huge collection of links to Native Peoples worldwide, including North America.

Country Studies
From the Library of Congress, information on countries worldwide.

Flags of the World
A one-stop site for flag images from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe!

Portals to the World
From the Library of Congress, a directory to information on countries of the world.

Resources on Coastal Algonquins
Much material on the Native tribes of our area.

United Nations

Take a tour of the U.N. to keep up-to-date with the latest information on international relations.

World Factbook
Up-to-date information on countries of the world. Try here for clear and easy to access maps for countries of the world.

Mythology:

Big Myth
Beautiful site that gives creation mythology, culture & pantheon for a number of different religions or groups. Needs Shockwave.

Bulfinch's Mythology

The famous collection of mythological tales, complete online.

Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore & religion. Very comprehensive.

Golden Bough
Another standard on the subject, full text.

Legends
From mythology and literature, particularly strong on the King Arthur and other British Legends.


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