World History (Non-U.S.): Websites

Best of History Web Sites aims to provide quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories and has been designed to benefit history teachers and their students; however, general history enthusiasts will benefit from the site as well. With links to over 1200 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness, the site also includes links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more. There are links for Ancient/Biblical History, European History, Modern History, Military History, and more.

The History Guide is a subject catalogue of recommended websites for historians. Currently, the catalogue includes metadata of about 11,000 websites including the web directory of Clio-Online

HistoryNet.com is brought to you by the world’s largest publisher of history magazines. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in our various magazines. If you are interested in a specific history subject, try searching our archives, you are bound to find something to pique your interest. This site is strong in a variety of areas of history, but especially military history.

World History Archives, by Hartford Web Publishing, offers documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective.

The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. The AHA has become a trusted voice for history education, the professional work of historians, and the critical role of historical thinking in public life. Learn more about our work on behalf of the entire discipline and connect with the staff that is dedicated to advancing history and historical thinking for the benefit of all.

Founded in 1906 by a small group of history teachers and academic historians in the United Kingdom to support the growing need for good history resources in schools. The first stated aims included the need to support teachers, to encourage the teaching and learning of history, the need to research and distribute ideas on the teaching of history and to represent the needs and interests of teachers of history to government departments and other authorities with control over education. It publishes a general history periodical called The Historian, not to be confused with the Phi Alpha Theta journal of the same name.

Since it was founded in 1868 the RHS has become the foremost society in the UK working with professional historians and advancing the scholarly study of the past. In publishes a variety of historical publications, including the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Studies in History, etc.

This is the site for the Smithsonian Magazine, which deals with a variety of subjects, but has an interesting section on World history. The magazine proper is available in Dacus Library in both print and electronic format. Print is in current periodicals and compact shelving at AS30 .S6. The electronic version is available via numerous databases.

The WHA is the foremost organization for the promotion of world history through the encouragement of teaching, research, and publication. It was founded in 1982 by a group of teachers and academics determined to address the needs and interests of what was then a newly emerging historical sub-discipline and teaching field.