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| | Open Directory - Society: History |
 | | History Explained - Examines the background history that is needed to understand the major economic and political problems in the world today. | | | History Guide - Internet-based subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history, maintained at the State and University Library at Göttingen, Germany. | | | History World - Describes world history in interconnecting narratives and illustrated timelines. |
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| | The Holocaust History Project Homepage |
| | The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial. | | | Please also see our section on Eyewitness Accounts and Family Histories for a sense of the human impact of the Holocaust through the eyes of those who experienced it or know people who did. | | | Read about the ongoing denial of service attack on the Holocaust History Project website. |
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| | Nova Scotia History Index |
| | Dyer Family History In November 1777, Jones Dyer accompanied Colonel John Allan, Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, and a party of American "Patriots", to St. Andrews, where they held a council with the Indians. | | | This is a first-rate history of communications at sea, written by the radio operator of the H.M.S. Bounty. | | | The Eddy Rebellion does not occupy much space in history, but it was an important event in the district where it occurred, and in the lives of those who were responsible for it. |
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http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/histindx.html
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| | Whig history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Whig history, despite its flaws as an interpretation of the past, remains valuable. | | | As such, Whig history -- not so much despite its flaws, but because of them -- offers a glimpse into the minds of both the British reformers and the American revolutionaries. | | | Assuming that British history was a march of progress whose inevitable outcome was the constitutional monarchy; and |
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| | Wikinfo History |
| | A form of historical speculation known commonly as virtual history (also called "counterfactual history") been adopted by some historians as a means of assessing and exploring the possible outcomes if certain events had not occurred or had occurred in a different way to that which they did. | | | History is often used as a generic term for information about the past, e.g., as in "geologic history of the Earth". | | | Different approaches may be more common in some periods than others, and the study of history has its fads and fashions (see historiography, the history of history). |
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http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=History
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| | VoS - Voice of the Shuttle |
| | International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam ("world's largest documentary and research institutions in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular") | | | World History Archives (homepage for "documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective") (Haines Brown, Central Connecticut S.) | | | World History Archives: The History of Africa as a Whole ("documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective") (Haines Brown, Central Connecticut State U.) |
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http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2713#id1325
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| | Jew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The 2,000 year dispersion of the Jewish diaspora beginning under the Roman Empire, as Jews were spread throughout the Roman world and, driven from land to land, and settled wherever they could live freely enough to practice their religion. | | | History of the Jews in the United States and Jewish American | | | The advent of the Jewish Enlightenment (see Haskalah) of the 1700s and the subsequent emancipation of the Jewish populations of Europe and America in the 1800s, changed the situation, allowing Jews to increasingly participate in, and become part of, secular society. |
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| | Christian History & Biography - Learn History of Christianity Free Newsletters |
| | Sign up for Christian History and Biography's e-mail newsletter, Behind the News. | | | Come backstage and meet the historical Christians whose experiences and insights stand behind the limelight of today's news stories. | | | Christian History Classic: Christian Clout Then and Now |
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/history
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| | History of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, that turned Christian". | | | The Hellenistic period of Greek history begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with the annexation of the Greek peninsula and islands by Rome in 146 BC. | | | Greek culture was a powerful influence in the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of Europe. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_history
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| | China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The term has not been used consistently throughout Chinese history, however, and carries certain cultural and political connotations, and early states considered part of Chinese history are not called "Zhongguo". | | | Examples of this include the jailing of political opponents and journalists, general control of the press, regulation of religions and other non-party organizations, censorship of the press, literature and film, and suppression of independence/secessionist movements. | | | Chinese nationalism, cultural, historiographical, and political theories, movements and beliefs that assert the idea of a cohesive, unified Chinese people and culture under state(s) that are primarily Chinese. |
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| | Islamic history - definition of Islamic history in Encyclopedia |
| | The History of Islam is the history of the Islamic faith and the world it shaped as a social, cultural, and political phenomenon. | | | This is the history of Islam from 570 to the present. | | | But so, too, do other movements in more modern Islamic philosophy, some of which claim also to be purifying or restoring Islam, in particular, to be renewing ijtihad. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Islamic_history
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| | Encyclopedia: Alternative history (fiction) |
| | The earliest alternative history published as a complete work, rather than an aside or digression in a longer work, is believed to be Louis Napoléon Geoffroy-Château's French nationalist tale, Napoléon et la conquête du monde, 1812-1823 (1836) â in English "Napoleon and the conquest of the world". | | | In the English language, the first known complete alternate history is Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "P.'s Correspondence", published in 1846 and which recounts the tale of an apparent madman and his purported encounters with various literary and political figures of the 1840s. | | | A secret history (or shadow history) is a version of history that is at odds with commonly accepted historical events and which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed or forgotten. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Alternative-history-(fiction)
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| | History refdesk.com |
| | The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern- Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. | | | Avalon Project, The - Yale Law School - Extensive collection of primary documents from law, history, economics, politics, foreign relations, and government. | | | HistoryWired - Site is a virtual tour of selected objects from the vast collections of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Museum. |
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| | Ten Lost Tribes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | History of the Jews in China, particularly the Kaifeng Jews | | | Mixed in with all of this was a background of general belief that the Lost Ten Tribes did not represent ethnic Jews who partially formed the ancient Kingdom of Judah, but tribes who maintained a separate capital at Samaria. | | | History of ancient Israel and Judah provides a broad overview of the period, placing the Ten Lost Tribes in their original context. |
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| | History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The popular uprisings against the communist regimes of Eastern Europe were partly inspired by Gorbachev's announcement in 1988 that the Soviet Union would abandon the Brezhnev Doctrine, and allow the Eastern bloc nations to determine their own internal affairs. | | | As the Soviet Union was unraveling, Gorbachev and U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a U.S.-Soviet strategic partnership at the summit of July 1991, decisively marking the end of the Cold War. | | | In all, the very positive view of Soviet life which had long been presented to the public by the official media was being rapidly dismantled, and the negative aspects of life in the Soviet Union were brought into the spotlight. |
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| | History of Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Taiwanese investors lost their claim to the Japanese bond certificates they possessed and much of the property remains in KMT party hands and has yet to be returned to the public. | | | The late 1970s and early 1980s were a turbulent time for Taiwanese as many of the people who had originally been oppressed and impoverished by the KMT occupation became members of the Taiwan's new middle class. | | | This election prompted the PRC to conduct a series of missile tests in the Taiwan Strait to intimidate the Taiwanese electorate so that electorates would vote for other pro-unification candidates, Chen Li-an and Lin Yang-kang. |
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| | Alternative history (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The earliest alternative history published as a complete work, rather than an aside or digression in a longer work, is believed to be Louis Napoléon Geoffroy-Château's French nationalist tale, Napoléon et la conquête du monde, 1812-1823 (1836) – in English "Napoleon and the conquest of the world". | | | In the English language, the first known complete alternate history is Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "P.'s Correspondence", published in 1846 and which recounts the tale of an apparent madman and his purported encounters with various literary and political figures of the 1840s. | | | For a variety of reasons, alternate history is generally classified as a subcategory of speculative fiction. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_history_(fiction)
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| | Netherlands |
| | Tens of thousands of Dutch who were living in the Indies became prisoners in Japanese camps. | | | During this time a Dutch resistence movement secretly published newspapers, hid Jews from capture, and committed acts of sabotage against the Germans. | | | During this time the United Kingdom seized most of the Dutch overseas possessions. |
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| | Eliohs - Butterfield - The Whig Interpretation of History - 2 |
| | Eliohs - Butterfield - The Whig Interpretation of History - 2 | | | Herbert Butterfield, The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) | | | The whig method of approach is closely connected with the question of the abridgement of history; for both the method and the kind of history that results from it would be impossible if all the facts were told in all their fullness. |
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| | Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Byzantine Empire - |
| | The Eastern Empire was largely spared the difficulties of the west in the 3rd and 4th centuries, in part because urban culture was better established there and the initial invasions were attracted to the wealth of Rome. | | | Even though the Byzantine Empire was a multinational state, including Greeks, Armenians[?], Jews, Egyptians, Syrians[?], Illyrians[?], and Slavs, it was considered to be a "Greek state" due to its Orthodox Christian character and its common Greek culture radiated by large centers of Hellenism such as Constantinople, Antioch, Ephesus, Thessalonika and Alexandria. | | | The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire was the eastern section of the Roman Empire which remained in existence after the fall of the western section. |
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| | European history - definition of European history in Encyclopedia |
| | This article discusses the history of the continent of Europe. | | | History of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | | | Since many Jews worked as money-lenders (usury was not allowed for Christians) and were generally more immune to disease (thanks to their kosher laws concerning hygiene), the Jews were often disliked by Europeans, so it was popular to blame them for the epidemic. |
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| | Timeline of Polish history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In defiance of Soviet Union, Wladyslaw Gomulka chosen as Polish Communist Party leader. | | | Wladyslaw the Elbow High, caught up with the situation in Little Poland, particularly the conspiracy led by Albert, the | | | Dates and most important events in Polish history from prehistoric times up to the present day. |
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| | Sami history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Many Sami families were forced to leave their old way of life, accept the authority of a new government and adopt the Lutheran Christianity. | | | It is possible that Sami people's existence have been documented for many years by such writers as the Roman historian Tacitus. | | | However, it is believed that, since the Viking Age, the culture has been driven further and further north, perhaps mostly by assimilation since no findings yet support battles. |
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| | History of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | During the war, Canada had a policy of not allowing refugees fleeing Nazi persecution and the Holocaust to immigrate. | | | Young Canadians fought on many battlefronts around the world - the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Hong Kong, the Dieppe Raid, the Allied invasion of Italy, the Italian campaign, the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of the Netherlands. | | | Post-confederation history is largely a story of territorial consolidation and the working out of the relative powers of the federal and provincial governments. |
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| | Encyclopedia: History of Greek and Roman Egypt |
| | During Cleopatra's reign Egyptian history merged with the general history of the Roman world, owing to the murder of Pompey in Egypt in 48 BC and the appearance in the country of Julius Caesar in 47 BC. | | | Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolemies. | | | The Middle Kingdom is a period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, roughly between 1986 BC and 1633 BC. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-Greek-and-Roman-Egypt
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| | Hitchhiker's Guide to American History |
| | The Department of History at the State University of New York at Albany presents The Journal for MultiMedia History, the first peer-reviewed electronic journal that presents, evaluates, and disseminates multimedia scholarship. | | | Includes links to other sites, sample syllabi, interviews with prominent historians, and a host of other resources to enrich our understanding of American history. | | | The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient. |
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| | Whig - Art History Online Reference and Guide |
| | The Rockingham Whigs, who claimed the mantle of "Old Whigs," as the purported successors of the party of the Pelhams and the great Whig families. | | | While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. | | | Particularly after the Jacobite Uprising of 1715 discredited much of the Tory party as traitorous Jacobites, the Whigs became the dominant party of government. |
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| | Modern world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Henceforth the world would become a "Modern" place where Democracy, and Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity became the new standards of government and of the rules of society. | | | The United States of America: A seemingly natural dividing point as far as Spain and the new world are concerned is the voyage of Columbus in 1492. | | | Modern art is typified by self-awareness, and by the manipulation of form or medium as an integral part of the work itself. |
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| | Iranian Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The leaders of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States were also distressed by the Iranian revolution, and feared similar events in their own nations. | | | Thus, in 1980, Iraq, with financial support from the other nations and the backing of the United States, invaded Iran in an attempt to destroy the revolution in its infancy. | | | Mohammad Mossadegh with the aid of a CIA covert operation, codenamed Operation Ajax. |
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| | Alternative history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For example A People's History of the United States as a view sympathetic to people indigenous to the Americas, or Herstory as a history from a female perspective. | | | A history told from an alternative viewpoint, rather than from the view of imperialist, conqueror, or explorer. | | | The academic extrapolation of alternate outcomes of historical events: see virtual history (also known as counterfactual history). |
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