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This webpage features the best history sites on the web. If you are a student of history, you'll love our member sites.

Best History Sites

60 Second History - Byte-sized history for your quick fix from writer director and historical filmmaker Rob Child.
Acoyauh's Aztec Lore - Aztec history, religion and mysticism. Festivals, Myths, Legends and other traditions of pre-Columbian Mexico. Includes grammar and dictionaries for the Aztec language, the Nahuatl.
Akhet, Ancient Egyptian Religion - This is a site about Ancient Egypt. You can learn about its religion, deities, temple life, priesthood, rituals, philosophy and mythology here. Important historical places like Saqqara, Karnak, Abydos and Philae are also featured.
American civil war - We bring you the American Civil War historical facts you need.
American History Blog - My blog contains book reviews, results of my research, and, as I travel, reviews of historic sites, plus, as I complete my Masters in American History, some of my writings. My main interest is Civil War and Native American history, but, since my interests are diverse, I'll be covering much more.
Ancient Britain - Photographs and descriptions of Stone to Iron Age monuments in the British Isles.
Ancient Civilizations - Designed for those of you who are interested in our ancient past. Although originally intended as a vehicle for my interest in Ancient Egypt, it has overtime expanded to cover many areas from the past. I have tried to engender topics in this site that cover history in traditional terms as well as the alternative viewpoints on certain topics.
Ancient World History - This site presents ancient world history sources and research on Mediterranean civilizations, including Greek, Roman, Phoenician, Egyptian museums and history associations.
Anna Nancy Storace - Anna Storace was the Julie Andrews or Beverly Sills of her age, having toured all over Europe and Great Britain and creating the role of Susanna in Mozart's opera, The Marriage of Figaro.
The Boomer with a View - Commentary on the Boomer Generation and lifestyle with memories from growing up in the 1950's and 1960's.
CHICAGO HISTORY: The Journal of an Amateur Historian - This is the story of the history of Chicago. This blog includes thoughts, papers, anecdotes and dozens of links to many history and literature sites related to the city.
Civil War History - We are historians, history buffs, or other people who love the Civil War (or, if you prefer, the War Between the States). We combine our talents to present our knowledge of this period in our nation’s history in the hopes that you, the reader, will gain increased knowledge about our nation and its history.
Civil War Rosters - a directory of Civil War Rosters/Muster Rolls, arranged by state, that have been found on the internet.
Civilwar Courier - Reenactment News, Battlefields, Book Reviews, Photo Gallery, Links and much more.
The Columbus Navigation Homepage - This award-winning website explores the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.
The Dying God: The Hidden History of Western Civilization - A version of history at odds with the commonly held notion of Western civilization - a hidden history which continues to wield its influence in our development.
Edwardian Promenade - La belle epoque in our modern world. A blog devoted to the dazzling time period spanning the years 1880 to 1914.
ExecutedToday.com - Executed Today is a daily chronicle — each day the story of an historical execution that took place on this date, and the story behind it.
First South Carolina Cavalry, CSA - History and Roster list of this unit.
44th Georgia Vol. Inf. Co. C - The 44th Georgia Vol. Infantry Company C Civil War Page. It is our purpose to honor, and keep alive the spirit the men of the 44th GVI Co. C To inform the public of their hard life in the field, why they fought, and to inform our members of the activities associated with and related to Civil War Reenactments.
Gettysburg365 - Bringing you a daily dose of Civil War battlefield photography from William Bretzger. It's Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Just Gettysburg.
Have Fun With History - Watch from a selection of over 130 U.S. History online videos covering the American Revolution, the Civil War, Presidents, Pioneers, Native Americans, Aviation, Government, Railroads and more.
Historical Atlas of the Mediterranean - an Interactive Historical Atlas of the Mediterranean. Click on map features to see pictures and read more information.
The Historic Interior - a resource guide that pertains to the American historic interior from 1680-1930. Within its pages you will find various source that can be used by the private homeowner as well as the curatorial staff of historic house museums.
History Rhymes - History Rhymes is the journal of a student of history with a general focus on the history of the postbellum nineteenth century American west.
Life in the Past Lane - the site of award-winning historical fiction author Jessica James. "I cover interesting stories from the Civil War that I discovered while researching my best-selling book Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia."
Lincoln Studies - Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War
Macrohistory and World Report - Trends across the ages, empirical history with maps, book summaries, country profiles, and a timeline from 60,000 BCE to selected news items one or two days old.
My Adventures in History - My blog shares my passion for history as I discuss places I've been with historical significance, my favorite movies in history, television shows of interest and events I'm learning more about.
Old Virginia Blog - Historical musings, wandering thoughts & book comments from Civil War author Richard G. Williams, Jr.
The Old West History Net - The #1 Old West history web site in the World
Out of battle - A blog of anecdotes and articles about the First World War, centering on 8th Battalion, AIF.
Passport to History - Passport to History is a US history social network which provides info and resources that fire people's passion for US history by making it relevant, accurate, personal and fun.
Phoenicians and the Phoenician Experience - This site presents the Phoenicians, their cedar ships and sea trade in the ancient Mediterranean, the Phoenician alphabet, Carthage and cities in Phoenicia, Lebanese history and legends.
PLAYHISTORY - Playhistory informs, amuses and focuses on the many ways that we have found to enjoy our common passion through movies, books, videogames, wargames, boardgames and all of the other forms of entertainment that we use to recount History and make it relevant to the present. In the website you can also find many products you would like, such as Antiquity reproductions, Art Canvas and miniatures for “Field of Glory”. And, of course, buy and play many Historical and Strategic Videogames.
Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood - Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood takes an in-depth look at the women painted by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in the Victorian era. Since the artists themselves have extensive bios elsewhere, this site aims to look at the lives of the women, how they lived their lives, and how being immortalized in some of the most famous paintings of their day affected them.
Prima La Musica - The Official Weblog of Wolfgang Amadè Mozart.
Ramsey's First Georgia Volunteer Infantry - Dedicated to the First Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Ramsey's) that served from April 3, 1861, to March 12, 1862. Features a brief history of the regiment and company rosters.
The Romans - The site surveys the history, life, and culture of Rome from its foundation to the end of the Roman empire in the east. It is illustrated with over 400 photographs from numerous sources, with authentic drawings of the famous, and infamous, people who governed the republic or ruled the empire; religion; society and daily life; literature; art, architecture and technology; and the army. There are sections on state officials and assemblies, the role of women, slavery, education, food, dress, entertainment, the Roman calendar and numerals, and the legacy of Rome."
Sandino Rebellion in Nicaragua (1927-1934) - This site offers a documentary history of the nationalist rebellion against U.S. intervention in Nicaragua led by Augusto C. Sandino in the 1920s and 1930s. Currently housing more than 780 primary documents, the site will eventually house some 12,000 documents from repositories in the United States and Nicaragua. Its author and administrator is Michael J. Schroeder, Ph.D., currently Assistant Professor of History at Lebanon Valley College in Annville PA.
Scandalous Women - A blog created to share information about the lives, loves, and sexual adventures of all the fascinating women in history who were considered scandalous or outrageous in their day. Women who weren't afraid to dare or to stand up for what they believed in. These are their stories.
Soapy Smith's Soap Box - A blog based on the criminal adventures and shooting death of American nineteenth century bad man, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith.
Spinning Clio: Where History and Politics Meet - Political commentary with a historical perspective and vice versa.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Preserving the Memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and our Ancestors who Fought to Preserve the Union (1861 - 1865)
Three Hundred Words - This collection of short fictionalized histories, each exactly 300 words long, is an attempt to show that the uncertain times in which we now reside are no different than any other time - ever.
TimeMaps Atlas of World History - an atlas that can be navigated geographically or chronologically to show the rise and fall of each and every nation throughout history, supported with text and articles to detail the process behind the changing circumstances.
TOCWOC - The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed - We are a group of "Informed Amateurs", non academics, with an intense interest in the American Civil War. Our site owes Civil Warriors a debt of gratitude for the "Group blog" idea.
US History Site Blog - American History thought from an independent scholar.
The U.S. Presidents - Presidents - a biological profile, along with quotes, reference sources, related books, pictures and prints for each president.
USHistorySite.com - The US History Site offers US History and American Government Lesson Plans for teachers and students from Elementary School through High School and College.
wig-wags - An interesting blog with a focus on the American Civil War by a graduate student in military history. Her blog is designed to organize the mass of information coming from her course work, book reviews, and research and to plug into the rich conversations in the blogosphere on this topic.

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