900-999 World History


The study of the world is here, history from the begining of memory until now. Below are links for just a few of the areas. Each has a mini description. Happy learning.

Geography and General History


  • Map Collection: An online map collection from the University of Texas that includes maps connected to current global news stories
  • The History Channel: Look Here for popular history information. Try the Timeline link for to review world history one decade at a time back to 1800
  • Maps of War: Many maps that visualy help us to see wars and other events in history.

World History
  • Ancient History BBC From the BBC a great look at the history of the ancient world. There are some great pictures here
  • History World: "An ever expanding resource to Make History Make Sense"

American History
  • Today in History The Library of Congress gives us a historical look at every day.
  • Civil War Page one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Civil War related material available on the Internet
  • Civil War Photos: A rare collection of actual photographes taken during the civil war.
  • Digital History: A course in history with video clips, pictures, stories and information.
  • American Memory Collection: Oral histories, fiddle tunes, and early baseball cards are only three of the over 90 digitized collections from the Library of Congress that include "photographs, manuscripts, rare books, maps, recorded sound, and moving pictures."