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    Default Links to History

    Listing of Historical Links by Category
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    Ever had Problems when trying to find some good sites about a special period in history on Google?
    I know that looking on Google or other search sites for something can sometime become pretty irritating (especially after you have been doing it for 2 hours)
    So I decided to make this Topic, where everyone can share links to good/resourceful history sites that they know of, making it easier for people searching for information to actually find some. (And if you are looking for one, just ask here)

    But there are some rules:
    1. Do not post links to things on Wikipedia or other sites similar to it, you can post link to the actual site (ex;www.Wikipedia.com) but not something on the site (people can use the search feature there themselves).

    2. Before posting, check if the link that you are about to post is already here, I/mods will edit all links into this post in chronological order so it should not be too hard too see if it is already here.

    3. Also, before posting a URL, be sure that it is good/resourceful site (witch information you can trust).

    4. If possible, write a very short description/word about the sites content (ec; Hannibal, Roman Military System)

    5. All sites should be in English, but possible exception can be taken.
    (If you are going to post a site about something, for example Hitler and you see that there is already a site about Hitler posted here, you can still post it, as long as it is not the same site.)

    6. If you find a link that doesn't work then please report it to me. (I will rep people who report dead links)


    AND REMEMBER!, when writing something about "something", always compare text on a web page with other ones.
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    Encyclopaedias/History Searching

    http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html - General history, lots of links, great starting point for non-specific research
    Wikipedia
    Britannica
    About.com
    Internet History Sorcebook Project
    History of Nations
    The History Page
    http://www.historynet.com/
    Classic Technology Center on the Web
    The Internet Classics Archive (MIT)
    Answers.com
    Encyclopedia.com
    Livius -
    An extremely rich and very comprehensive source on various ancient history subjects.
    All Empires -
    A good shot at an all-around history site
    Web Genocide Documentation Centre
    http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm - Archeological news
    http://www.ancientworlds.net/ - A site vith info on various Ancient cultures.
    BBC - History - An excellent introductory history site.
    http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ - a lot of information on Ancient History (Worldwide)
    http://www.myarmoury.com/home.html - Deep history forum for arms only
    http://steppes.proboards.com/index.c...int&thread=439 - The Master-Nomad-Picture-Thread (700+)
    http://www.snl.no/ - Store Norske Leksikon (the great norwegian lexicon), (one of the deepest places to research everything Norwegian, including extensive NBL articles)
    http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/ - Virtual Library Of Medieval Manuscripts

    -Historical journals free of charge

    http://muse.jhu.edu/
    http://www.jstor.org/?cookieSet=1

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    Various Religions

    http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm - It contains some religions reflection on how the world will end. (and many other ones not religious)
    http://www.islamfortoday.com/history.htm - Islamic History and Civilizations (has some corrupted links)
    http://research.yale.edu:8084/divdl/adhoc/index.jsp - Christian writings and text
    Jewish History Resource Center
    http://www.pantheon.org/ - Encyclopedia Mythica

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    Language

    http://abnet.agrino.org/htmls/H/H003.html - A good source on the evolution of the Greek language (soon in English too)
    http://www.textkit.com/ - Greek and Latin language tools

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    Literature

    Conspectus Omnium Rerum Alphabeticus Littera - A great online library, classical works in original, sources, etc.
    http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/authors_a.html - Writings from almost any Roman or Latin author you could think of (don't use the search bar, use the browse buttons at the bottom. They work better).
    http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/x/xenophon/x5an/ - Xenophon's Anabasis
    http://www.northvegr.org/lore/pdf.php - Download the Sagas, or Jordanes with some older articles
    http://www.sagadb.org/index_az - The sagas in different languages
    http://www.miraclesalad.com/shared/S...rt_of_War.html - Art of War by SunTzu

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    Countries

    -USA

    http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ - The American Civil War
    http://www.usflag.org/ - History of the USA's Flag
    http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm - The History of the army of USA
    http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/P...ng/creveld.htm - The Fate of the State

    -Armenia

    http://www.armenica.org/ - The complete history of Armenia

    -Hungary

    http://mars.elte.hu/varak/en-main.htm - (Hungarian!) Contains a lot of pics, 3d and interactive maps

    -France

    http://les.guillotines.free.fr/ - If you are french you check here whether any of your ancestors were executed during the jacobin terror

    -China

    http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/ - A site dedicated to the Silk Road
    http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/Early_Imperial_China - Professor Rafe de Crespigny's online publications

    Ireland
    http://www.libraryireland.com/ - Library Ireland
    http://www.irishhistorylinks.net/index.html - Irish History Links

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    Geography

    http://www.davidrumsey.com/ - Historical map collection, you will probably have to install the Java script to use properly,
    http://www.earthcountries.com - Detailed historical information about countries of the world, users can submit their own history artciles.
    CIA World Factbook - Biased, but good for statistics
    http://www.gottwein.de/latine/map/map_index.php - old maps in Latin.
    http://www.unc.edu/awmc/index.html - Ancient world mapping center.
    http://www.euratlas.com/ - Geographical and Historical Maps of Europe

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    Pre-History

    http://www.prehistory.com/default.htm - Contains Painted pictures of dinasaurus (each picture has information too)
    http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis.htm - The evolution of Humans (go through the first 5 page intro to see more of the page)
    http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm - This great site collects and posts news stories about archaeological discoveries from all around the world.

    Ancient Cities

    http://www.amarna3d.com/index.htm -Tel Armana
    http://www.byzantium1200.com/index.html - Byzantium
    http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html - Info about historical city's

    Antiquity

    http://www.theology.edu/lec19.htm - Assyria
    http://www.theology.edu/lec22.htm - Babylonia
    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ - Site has several sources from Ancient Greece and Rome (Homerus, Xenophon, Caesar, Cicero...). Click in the left bar for texts in English or Greek/Latin.
    http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/index.html - Greek Mythology Link
    http://xoomer.alice.it/davmonac/sanniti/indexen.html - Samnites
    http://www.sikyon.com/index.html - History about ancient greeks cities

    Rome

    www.thehistoryofrome.typepad.com - The History of Rome Podcast
    http://www.armenianhighland.com/main.html - Armenia
    http://www.roman-empire.net/ - The Roman Empire (Foundation - Collapse)
    http://www.unrv.com/ - Has many small articles about Rome
    http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMAPS.html - Maps of the Roman Empire
    http://www.worldwideschool.org/libra...ire-1/toc.html - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    - Military

    http://www.numbera.com/rome/ - The Roman Military
    http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/ - Perhaps the more comprehensive online source about Roman military

    Medieval

    http://www.deremilitari.org/ - Medieval Military History
    http://www.muslimheritage.com/timeline/default.cfm - Muslim History
    http://www.the-orb.net/ - Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (mainly essays)
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html - Internet Medieval Sourcebook
    http://byzantium.seashell.net.nz/index.php - a VERY comprehensive site about Byzantium
    http://www.castlesontheweb.com/ - Castles on the Web ( a huga picture database, has text that describes every picture)
    http://www.thearma.org/essays/knightvs.htm - The Medieval European Knight vs. The Feudal Japanese Samurai
    http://libro.uca.edu/ - History of Spain, lots of books about history of Spain
    http://www.historyarts.ro/carti.htm - History of medieval hungarian kingdom (English Translation available in lower left corner)
    http://www.condottieridiventura.it/ - Biographical notes on all the Italian condottieri from 1330 to 1550
    http://www.strangelove.net/~kieser/R...eractionA.html - Russian interaction with foreign lands (10th - mid 13th century)

    -Crusades
    http://crusades.boisestate.edu/ - A good site about the Crusade
    http://www.medievalcrusades.com/ - The Church and the Crusaders
    Books that can be read online - Alot of text on the Crusades

    -Scandinavia (North Europe)
    http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml - Every thing about Vikings
    http://geoffboxell.tripod.com/hardrada.htm - Summary of Harald the III (the Last Viking King)
    http://www.hurstwic.org/history/arti...king_spear.htm - Viking spears
    http://www.tore-nygaard.com/ - (Norwegian!) Politics in the late Viking age
    http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chris...n%20Tombstones - Varangian relics
    http://www.stovnerporten.no/over_a/osikt1g.htm - Origin of Oslo, contains detailed pictures

    -Japan
    http://www.samurai-archives.com/ - Samurai Archive (Japanese history)

    16 th centur - WW1

    http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web...ar%20index.htm - Maps of Napoleonic Wars
    http://www.olivercromwell.org/ - Oliver Cromwell
    http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/index.htm - The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (English Civil War)
    http://www.corsaridelmediterraneo.it/ - Information about the pirates, the corsairs and their enemies in the Mediterranean (13th-17th centuries)

    -Ebooks

    http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14134 - Akbar, Emperor of India
    http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3310 - A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar) {south india}



    World War 1

    http://www.worldwar1.com/ - World War one : Trenches on the Web
    http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ - World War 1 Document Archive
    http://www.theaerodrome.com/ - A site concerning the aces of WWI

    World War 2

    http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi2wiki/i...Knowledge_Base - HoI 2 wiki knowledge site, contains a lot of information about WW2.
    http://www.ww2db.com/index.php - World War 2 Database
    http://english.pobediteli.ru/ - The Eastern Front (a bit pro-russan)
    http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/gal...gallipoli2.htm - An interactive 3d timeline type thing of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli.

    -Axis

    --Holocaust
    http://www.ushmm.org/ - (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Information about the Holocaust and stories told by people affected by the Holocaust.
    http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar.../timeline.html - Timeline
    http://www.oskarschindler.com/1.htm - A site dedicated to Oscar Schindler, who managed to recue many Jews under WW2.

    --German
    http://www.feldgrau.com/index.html - German Military 1918-1945
    http://www.hitler.org/ - Information about Hitler
    http://achtungpanzer.com/panzer.htm - German Tanks
    http://www.luft46.com/ - German Aircrafts
    http://uboat.net/- German U-boats

    --Italy
    http://www.regiamarina.it/eng_index.htm - Regia Marina Italiana (The Italyan Navy)

    --Japan
    http://hikoma.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/ - Nagasaki University old Picture Database
    http://zoomphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/main_menu.php - High definition picture database

    -Allied

    http://www.daveswarbirds.com/ - American Airforce (1939-1945)

    The Cold War

    http://www.britains-smallwars.com/ - Britains Small Wars, All wars that Britain has been in since 1945.
    http://www.vietnamwar.org/ - The Vietnam War

    Modern

    http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/ - National Security Archive from USA
    Ever had Problems when trying to find some good sites about a special period in history on Google?
    Then try looking if the site you need is in Links to History.

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    if you could keep it updated..
    then it deserves to be a sticky


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    Quote Originally Posted by MareNostrum
    if you could keep it updated..
    Well i plan on doing that anyway , at least 2 new links per day. (that is my goal)
    And thanks.

    Edit: yea rigth, well i'm at least trying to add something weekly.
    Last edited by Jan Taihwo; January 31, 2006 at 11:58 PM.
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    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

    Site has several sources from Ancient Greece and Rome (Homerus, Xenophon, Caesar, Cicero...). Click in the left bar for texts in English or Greek/Latin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Orretje
    Congratulation Orretje.. you'r the first one to post a link. (after me)
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    a bit like the perseus, the MIT classical archive:
    http://classics.mit.edu/

    also, about WWII, and german weapons more specifically,
    http://achtungpanzer.com/panzer.htm
    http://www.luft46.com/
    http://uboat.net/
    about the Regia MArina :
    http://members.tripod.com/regiamarina/
    http://www.regiamarina.it/eng_index.htm
    Last edited by Sidus Preclarum; October 10, 2005 at 12:42 PM.

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    Default UNRV Roman History - the 170 MB Roman Mega-Source

    http://www.unrv.com/

    Site has many small articles about Rome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZhenJi
    http://www.unrv.com/

    Site has many small articles about Rome.

    Added (added Sidus Preclarum links long ago, just forgot to post)

    Thanks for your contribute.
    Ever had Problems when trying to find some good sites about a special period in history on Google?
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    Some of my favourite history sites…


    - An interesting project with decent sources

    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

    - Graeco-Roman military history enthusiasts heaven (despite a few glitches here and there…)

    http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_Dor..._glossary.html

    - For linguist enthusiasts (if you got a thing for tongues, so to speak )

    http://www.rosettaproject.org/live

    - a VERY comprehensive site about Byzantium

    http://byzantium.seashell.net.nz/index.php

    - Medieval Military History

    http://www.deremilitari.org/


    - Going all the way Spartan…

    http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Esparta/t...emic/kings.htm


    - Biographies of military commanders (kinda barebone but… whatever)

    http://www.biography.ms/Famous_military_commanders.html

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    Finally..
    Thank you soo much Rosacrux redux for your contribution, it is alwasy great when other people than me, help in making this "collection" bigger.
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    Always happy to help. I got a few more from my favourites…

    An extremely rich and very comprehensive source on various ancient history subjects.
    http://www.livius.org/

    A good shot at an all-around history site
    http://www.allempires.com/

    Christian writings and text
    http://research.yale.edu:8084/divdl/adhoc/index.jsp

    A good source on the evolution of the Greek language (soon in English too)
    http://abnet.agrino.org/htmls/H/H003.html

    General history, lots of links, great starting point for non-specific research
    http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html

    History of Archery unleashed
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcelo/archer...y/books/guide/

    Perhaps the more comprehensive online source about Roman military
    http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/


    Maybe I’ll add even more (you can tell I am focused on ancient history, can’t you?)
    Last edited by Rosacrux redux; November 30, 2005 at 03:06 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosacrux redux
    Maybe I’ll add even more (you can tell I am focused on ancient history, can’t you?)
    Again i thank you for your great contribution and you're more than welcome to post more link's.

    And yes, i can clearly see that you like history. :wink:
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    http://www.davidrumsey.com/

    Historical map collection, you will probably have to install the Java script to use properly,

    Well worth a look!
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    http://www.earthcountries.com
    Detailed historical information about countries of the world, users can submit their own history artciles.
    http://www.EarthCountries.com
    Detailed History of the Worlds' Countries

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    http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm

    This great site collects and posts news stories about archaeological discoveries from all around the world. Very nice.

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    Been quite busy in the holidays so I haven't been able to edit it in till now.

    But as always, i would like to thank Wild Bill Kelso, kensai and vopohame for their contribution.

    (added a list for Geography)
    Last edited by Jan Taihwo; January 22, 2006 at 01:48 AM.
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    Good old Polybius, reliable, riseliant and Honoest. The most credible historian in history XD

    Hannibal Barca the greatest Hero of the Ancient World can be found here


    http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...lybius/1*.html

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    one of my personal favorite Roman commanders Scipio Africanus
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    Thanks to Marduk Of Babylon, Last Roman and RexNecros for new links.

    It seem that I can't keep my orginal promise to add 2 new links each day. (I was pretty naive)
    So instead I will add now and then, when I find something intersting.

    *Divided Romans into Culture and Military

    *Added a link to HoI2 Wiki Knowledge site under WW2.
    Last edited by Jan Taihwo; March 22, 2006 at 11:17 PM.
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