Examines the background history that is needed to understand the major economic and political problems in the world today.

An extensive set of collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts, maps, and articles on a wide variety of historical areas and subjects. Compiled by Prof. Paul Halsall at Fordham University.

Indexes the best history content on the net, including material in History World, from which it evolved. Also offers a toolbar with history search and timeline of world history.

Scholarly initiative to create a comprehensive interactive electronic historical world atlas combining mapping, imagery, and texts. Aims, technology, scope, themes, news, membership, conference.

Describes world history in interconnecting narratives and illustrated timelines. You can search for events by theme, place and year. Edited by Bamber Gascoigne.

Expansive site with categorized history articles, weekly features, thumbnailed picture gallery, discussion board, and special events and exhibits.

History like you should have learned it. Bizarre stories, trivia, and books every week.

Aspires to put news in historical context by publishing articles written by historians on current events topics. Published by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

Internet-based subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history, maintained at the State and University Library at Göttingen, Germany. Searchable by subject and by source type.