History & Geography Sites

Biography

Astronauts
Biographies of astronauts provided by NASA.

Biographical Dictionary
Short entries of over 28,000 notable people.

Biography.com
A&E's biography channel is on the web. Find over 25,000 biographies with links on famous personalities.

Biographies
Find biographies on jurists, authors, poets, philosophers, economists, scientists and historians.

Lives, the Biography Resource
This website claims to have the largest database of biographies. Search for a specific person or for a group or people who share an interest.

Nobel E-Museum
This comprehensive site includes biographies of all Nobel Laureates, articles written by winners and other invited authors, and enables users to experiment in the lab section.

Geography

About Geography
Links to numerous sites including world maps, glossary, timelines, and much more.

Atlapedia / Geopedia
Facts and data on countries, includes geography, climate, people, religion, language and history.

MapQuest Maps down to street level & text directions between destinations can be generated here.

World Fact Book
Data on countries includes map and flag, geographic, population, government, economic, communication, transportation, military and issue information.

Michigan History

Detroit African American History Project of WSU
This site explores the contributions of African Americans to the Metropolitan Detroit area, including history, religion, politics, music, auto industry, and more. Includes biographies, interviews, timelines, and bibliographies.

Forgotten Detroit
This site provides history, photographs and the current status of 6 Detroit landmarks.

Michigan Historical Center
Excellent resource for teachers and students. Learn how to make a Civil War flag, how to tie-dye a shirt, compare prices of popular items from the past, and much more.

Michigan History
Learn more about the State of Michigan, numerous genealogy links, census information, and other facts.

Michigan Links
Numerous links to Michigan history.

Michigan Photographs
Michigan history in photographs.

Mining in Michigan
Michigan Technological University provides a site that gives many links about the mining industry.

Wayne County Websites
Although this is a part of a genealogy website, it is a very interesting site for historical information on Wayne County.

US History

American History
Extensive links to American History sites, including biographies, military information, periodicals and much more.

Historical Voices
Oral history is alive and well. Recorded voices from prominent people in American history are among the featured links of this site.

Plimoth Plantation
This historical webpage offers facts about the first Thanksgiving.

Pop History Now
Travel back in time to this interesting site that includes Burma Shave slogans, tv and film history, and historical news stories.

The Presidents
Speeches, biographies and interesting facts about each president are included on this comprehensive website.

Presidents of the United States
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, points of interest on each president, with links to biographies, historical documents and other presidential sites.

Salem Witch Trials
This site brought to you by National Geographic gives a good overview of the mass hysteria brought about by young women in 1692 concerning the witches of Salem, Massachusetts.

Veterans History Project
Listen to the Veterans' tales, and learn how to volunteer to help this project by logging on to this site run by the Library of Congress.

VicePresidents
Biographies, facts, history, and statistics on our nation's Vice-Presidents.

Terrorism in America

Official Documents
Official documents relating to the terrorist attack including Presidential and Executive Branch Action, Congressional response, background documents, and the International community response.

September 11 News.com
This site provides archived news, photos, and graphics for the 111 days following the attack on the World Trade Center.

Terrorism: Q&A
From the IRA to Islamic Jihad, learn more about terrorism around the world.

World Trade Center
Specifications and interesting facts on the WTC.

WTC Architecture
A description of how the WTC fell is given by a BBC reporter.

World History

African History
This comprehensive source includes detailed information on each country on the African continent.

Any Day in History
Historical events and birthdays that occurred on any selected day of the year.

Background Notes
Find the history, culture, natural resources and more on different countries using this site produced by the U.S. Department of State.

East Asian History
East Asian sourcebooks provide history and culture of this area of the world.

Empire That Was Russian
Russian history is presented by photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii. Text accompanies the photographs which depict Russia in the early 1900's.

Global History
This website is devoted to the study of how cultures have interacted together throughout history.

History Channel
History television channel's home page, includes "This day in history."

History of Women
This website offers research on women throughout the world beginning in ancient times.

Indian History
Learn more about the history and culture of India.

Islamic History
In-depth Islamic history is available from this site.

Jewish History
Know more about the people of Israel and the emergence of Judaism.

Latin American Network
Divided by 14 subject areas, this is one of the largest websites to provide links to Latin American information.

Medieval History
This sourcebook provides information on all aspects of medieval history including maps, information on saints, and economics.

Middle East
This website provides timely information on the Middle East. Includes history, culture, society, religion, economics, politics, maps, news, and links to individuals countries.

Poverty Net
Learn more about poverty in this country and around the world.

Roman Emperors
A virtual catalog of Roman coins, a chronological and alphabetical index to Roman emperors, an index to significant battles, and maps of battle sites are included on this very historical website.

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