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The Khoo Site: History Section
You can find historical information such as history of writing, Suez Canal, Cavour, Count Camillo Benso, civilization, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, World War 1, World War 2. More will added soon.
Contact me if you are aware of any similar free resources that I have not listed below, or if you find dead or expired links.


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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." by George Santayana

http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/suez.htm
The history of Suez Canal. This paper will discuss how the Canal was built, who controlled it, and show how and why it has changed hands between owners.

http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/ac/cavour.htm
Page about Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861)

http://www.historian.net/hxwrite.htm
The history of writing.


Civilizations:
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
A site about Mesopotamia by the British Museum. Assyria, Babylonia, Sumer, the development of writing in Mesopotamia and many more.

http://www.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html
Another site about Ancient Mesopotamia.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
A site about Ancient Egypt by the British Museum. You can find information about Egyptian life, gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt, pyramids , mummification and .....

http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/
Another site by the British Museum about Ancient India. Learn about Buddha, Hinduism, Indus Valley Civilization, the writing system of Ancient India and .....

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/ChinaHistory/HISTORY.HTM
A site about China and its vast history. You can learn about pre-history period, the Shang Dynasty, the Chou Dynasty until the Ching Dynasty, World War II and Communist Victory.


World War 1:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
An interesting site about First World War. Highly informative.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
Chronology l Outbreak of War l Allied Armed Forces l Central Powers l Important Battles l Technology l Political Leaders l British Home Front l Military Leaders l Trench War l The Soldiers l Major Offensives l
War at Sea l War in the Air l War Artists l War Literature l War Heroes l Women at War l Organizations l Strategies & Tactics l Weapons & Machines l Inventors and the War l Theatres of War l War Statistics

First World War Documents
This is an archive of primary documents from World War I. The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.

http://www.art-ww1.com/

http://www.archives.ca/05/0518_e.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/index.shtml

http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/tutorials/intro/

http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/welcome.htm

http://www.worldwar1.com/


World War 2 (1939-1945):
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
Complete World War Two in Europe timeline with photos, text, and over 100 links. The site is very easy to navigate. From the year 1918 (the defeat of German in World War One) until 1946. Including the Statistics of World War II.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm
Background to the War l Chronology of the War l Political Leaders l European Diplomacy l Major Offensives l Air War l Countries l Sea War l The Armed Forces l Scientists & Inventors l Military Leaders l French Resistance l USA Military Leaders l The Resistance l British Military Leaders l Resistance in Nazi Germany l German Military Leaders l Nazi Germany l Japanese Military Leaders l The Holocaust l
French Military Leaders l Secret Agents l Russian Military Leaders l Soldiers, Sailors and Pilots l Home Front l Women in the War l War Journalists l War Photographers l War Artists l Weapons and Tactics l

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/

http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/homefront

http://www.sonic.net/~bstone/index.shtml

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/

http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/

http://www.war-experience.org/

http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html

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