Women's History Month

This timeline of Saudi Arabian history is a brief look of events from 1750 to 2000. Click on the timeline to enlarge it so it is easy to read. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.

A great timeline of Omani history from the Perry-Castaneda Collection showing major events from the 1600s until 2000.

A timeline covering most events in the history of complex numbers.

A timeline covering most events in the history of complex numbers.

A timeline covering most events in the history of complex numbers.

A timeline covering most events in the history of complex numbers.

A timeline covering most events in the history of complex numbers.

A timeline covering most events in the history of complex numbers.

Extensive and rich collection of links to site about women in history, lesson plans, and audio bites of professional historians analyzing historical materials.

The History Place provides complete history of the Irish Potato Famine and life in Ireland in the 19th century.

A map showing the plan of ancient Athens, according to that given in Barthelemy's Anacharsis. The map shows historic landmarks, including the Parthenon (1), Propylaea (2), Theater of Bacchus (3), Odeum (4), Prytaneum (5), Areopagus (6),...

A map of ancient Italy subtitled "Places noted in the History of its Literature." This map shows the districts of Cisalpine Gaul, Umbria, and Etruria, the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, major cities, rivers, seas, and mountain...

This image shows a group of ancient egyptian street musicians. (1) Woman with a tall light harp with fourteen strings. (2) Cithara. (3) Te-bouni, or banjo. (4) Double flute. (5) Shoulder Harp. (6) Singer, clapping hands.

This EyeWitness to History article offers personal accounts from Abigail Adams regarding her journey and arrival in the new national capital.

A map of "Greece at the Dawn of History." This map is coloe-coded to show the territories occupied by tribes (yellow), by cities (light orange), by political leagues (dark orange), and the Great States (pink). The boundaries of the...

A map from 1912 of British India showing ancient Indian temples sites in the region. The map coverage extends from Kandahar (Afghanistan) and Kashmir in the west to Keng Tung and Rangoon (Myanmar) in the east, and from the Himalaya...

A plan of ancient Jerusalem around AD 100, showing the walls of the city and places of historic interest.

A map of ancient Italy showing the early provinces and principal cities.

Map of Ancient Italy with the neighboring countries subject to the Romans. This map shows the names of provinces in Latin, including Etruria, Latium, Campania, Umbria, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Calabria, Lucania, and Ager, with...

A map showing the races of ancient Italy.

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The city has some 125 monuments from...

Some 40 villages grouped in eight parks situated in north-western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Abandoned in the 8th to 10th centuries, the villages, which date from...

Merv is the oldest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities along the Silk Route in Central Asia. The remains in this vast oasis span 4,000 years of human history. A number of monuments are still visible, particularly from the last two...