World Civilization
Online and World Wide Web Resources
http://www.linccweb.org click on Electronic Resources
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EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs
“These links connect to Western European (mainly primary) historical
documents
that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.
They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective
countries
(and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural
history).”
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The History
Guide
“The History Guide contains the complete content of three undergraduate courses in European history which will certainly be of use to those of you studying such topics at the college level or in A.P. European history classes. The History Guide contains ninety lectures in European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989. In essence, what is presented here is an online textbook in western civilization, with special reference to the western intellectual tradition.”
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History On-Line
“History On-Line provides high-quality information resources for the teaching and learning of history. There are currently over 40,000 records providing details of books and articles, UK university lecturers, UK current and past research, and evaluated links to web sites and on-line resources.”
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Best of History
Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net
“Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History.”
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University of
Oxford Discussion Papers in Economic & Social History
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Economics/History
Mostly full-text articles discussing world economic and social history. Provided by Oxford University and available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
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The Artist’s
View of World History and Western Civilization
http://history.evansville.net/index.html
World
history resources organized in “two sections of links for the time period. The
first section lists the historical links dealing with the people, places,
events and resources of the time. The second section contains links for the
Art, Music, Drama, Literature, Daily life and Culture of the period.”
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Hyper History
Online
“3000 years of world history timelines, biographical lifelines and many colorful maps.”
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Modern World
History from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern
“This site makes extensive use of Shockwave technology to bring you interactive animations and exercises to learn about the key events that have shaped the 20th century.”
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Academic Info:
History Gateway
http://www.academicinfo.net/hist.html
“Academic Info selects, organizes, and reviews quality educational websites to make the increasing amount of information on the Internet accessible to students, educators and researchers . . .” The resources provided are organized by geographic region and subject.
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History World
“World History consists of some 400 separate Histories AND 4000 tagged events. Choose HISTORIES to read a chosen subject, and to move seamlessly from one History to another. Try TOURS to travel through time on your own selection of interconnecting trails. Use WHATWHENWHERE to discover what was going on at any moment.”
Dixie Yeager 2/05