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    Default Historical Books & Links Database

    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
    Internet History Sorcebook Project
    http://www.historynet.com/
    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
    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
    https://steppes.proboards.com/thread...teppe-warriors - (useful pic references, start at the end to avoid dead links
    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

    https://www.lib.utk.edu/special/feat...ar-collection/ - The American Civil War
    http://www.usflag.org/ - History of the USA's Flag
    https://history.army.mil/ - The History of the army of USA

    -Armenia

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

    -China

    http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/ - A site dedicated to the Silk Road

    Ireland
    http://www.libraryireland.com/ - Library Ireland
    https://web.archive.org/web/20221208...torylinks.net/ - 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
    Last edited by Dismounted Feudal Knight; March 10, 2023 at 08:41 AM. Reason: many casualties in the battle against age - anyone with links please post reinforcements below. about halfway with this post
    Ever had Problems when trying to find some good sites about a special period in history on Google?
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