T.K.'s LINKS TO HISTORY SITES

T.K.'s History Links

Many think of the Internet as being the wave of the future, the new frontier. I found it's also a great repository of our past...

Demo for CD: A Country by Consent - A high-tech Canadian history available on CD has audio-visual lessons ranging from the founding of New France in 1663 to the Patriation of the Constitution in 1982. The price of the CD is too steep for individuals like you and I ($499 for school site licence, or $130 for a home licence), but this demo site will give you an idea of whether you'd benefit from purchasing it....

Julia Hayden's Ancient World Web - This site has pointers to the most recent historical discoveries as well as indexes to other Internet sources. Look up by region or subject matter, but you may want to browse the huge Index. Check out Mythology, but don't be mistaken -- there is plenty of "pure" history here to keep even the most avid historian busy...

ABZU - Charles E. Jones maintains this site with links to other sites about Egypt and Mesopotamia. You will also find a big list of Internet archaeological information and links to museum collections....

Labyrinth - This site makes it fun to study medieval history and lore. You can choose the library of your choice in Old English, Middle English, French, Italian, or Latin. The subject menu is easy to follow and covers general history to region-specific sources. You'll find bibliographies, music, manuscripts, and many other cultural resources...

Dinosaurs in Hawaii! - Want to visit the age before people roamed the earth? Rick Ziegler, one of the exhibit's founders, takes you on a narrated tour here...

Smithsonian Computer History - In the age of information, what would we do without computers? To see how far we've come, visit this site. You'll find images and sound clips that technophiles will enjoy. You'll also find interviews with prominent people in the computer industry...

Computer History Lecture - Computer history lecture by Michelle A. Hoyle. Quite interesting...

Hobbes's Internet Timeline - This site has everything from 1956 and brings you to the present of Internet history. There's also questions and answers, and a list of contributors...

Soc.history.science - Discussion of general historical subjects...

rec.food.historic - A fun group focusing on the history of food... can find some really interesting facts here ...

alt.history.what-if - This historical newsgroup is my favorite! The participants take historical events and propose how the world would be different today if some key point in history were altered. Discussions tend to fantasy, but not wild speculation. So, if the real past starts to depress or bore you, visit this newsgroup and invent your own history, or read about others' speculations....