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Charles Martell

Martell's PRIME SITES: History

This annotated list contains selected History websites organized around a set of four themes: country, event, individual, and period. No attempt has been made to be exhaustive. Typically very few sites are listed in comparison to the number of sites actually available. The quality of the site and the availability of images and substantive text are primary considerations.

Stunning (visual impact)
Essential
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Highly exceptional

World History

Pre-History to the Present

Ancient World	Medieval World	Modern World
To 476 A.D.	476 - 1600 A.D.	1600 - Present

Events

Individuals

Countries

Periods

Tombs & Mummies	King Tutankhamun	Ancient Egypt	Persian Wars
Ancient Olympics	Confucius	China (Sung & Qing Dynasty)	Age of Exploration (1400-1520)
Vikings (793-1066)	Alexander the Great	Turkey - Ottomans (1300-1924)	Renaissance
Crusades (1099-1250)	Cleopatra VII	England (19th century)	Age of Enlightenment
Mongol Invasions (1200-1500)	Constantine I	South Africa (20th century)	Industrial Revolution (From 1764)
Magna Carta (1215)	Charlemagne		New Imperialism (1870-1914)
Castles	King Arthur
Fall of Constantinope (1453)	Elizabeth I
Inquistion	Napoleon Bonaparte
Revolutions of 1848	Robert Peel
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)	Florence Nightingale
WWII - Battle of Stalingrad	Rosa Luxemburg
Role of Women	Nelson Mandela

Please send corrections, suggestions, or comments to crmartell@csus.edu.