World History
This site has over 175 online animated maps. You have to have an account to access the vast majority but many are free. For example there are two great animated maps of ancient Greece. One is an overview of Greece from Mycenae and Greek colonization to the the empire of Alexander the Great. Another free Greek map offers an overview of Greek democracy. Other animated maps include the Age of Discovery, World War I and World War II.
- Civil War Animated
I spent a pleasant hour today at a website titled Civil War Animated. The site depicts key land battles of the American Civil War using animation. The animation was colorful, was annotated, and left me a good sense of the history of each battle I examined....
- Maps Of World War Two
Maps of World War Two. A history of the Second World War through maps. Includes critical battles, and campaigns such as Dunkirk, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, D-Day, Normandy, Berlin, and others. From the site: Maps of World War II provides an overview...
- The Sepoy Rebellion: Animated
Mangal Pandey - Animated Stories - The Sepoy... by GeethanjaliVideosThis is a great five minute animated clip about he Sepoy Rebellion that explains the causes in an engaging way. The cartoon focuses on Mangal Pandey, an ordinary sepoy....
- Indian Ocean Trade
Studying Islam in India or Africa, then you are also probably studying trade in the Indian Ocean? This website offers one of the best resources I?ve seen on Indian Ocean trade. It?s an interactive site that has animated maps from each period in history...
- Mapping History
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein sent me this mapping site developed by the University of Oregon. It provides ?animated representations of fundamental historical problems? or events. I particularly like the modules on Greece and Rome and even developed a...
World History
Animated Historical Maps
This site has over 175 online animated maps. You have to have an account to access the vast majority but many are free. For example there are two great animated maps of ancient Greece. One is an overview of Greece from Mycenae and Greek colonization to the the empire of Alexander the Great. Another free Greek map offers an overview of Greek democracy. Other animated maps include the Age of Discovery, World War I and World War II.
- Civil War Animated
I spent a pleasant hour today at a website titled Civil War Animated. The site depicts key land battles of the American Civil War using animation. The animation was colorful, was annotated, and left me a good sense of the history of each battle I examined....
- Maps Of World War Two
Maps of World War Two. A history of the Second World War through maps. Includes critical battles, and campaigns such as Dunkirk, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, D-Day, Normandy, Berlin, and others. From the site: Maps of World War II provides an overview...
- The Sepoy Rebellion: Animated
Mangal Pandey - Animated Stories - The Sepoy... by GeethanjaliVideosThis is a great five minute animated clip about he Sepoy Rebellion that explains the causes in an engaging way. The cartoon focuses on Mangal Pandey, an ordinary sepoy....
- Indian Ocean Trade
Studying Islam in India or Africa, then you are also probably studying trade in the Indian Ocean? This website offers one of the best resources I?ve seen on Indian Ocean trade. It?s an interactive site that has animated maps from each period in history...
- Mapping History
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein sent me this mapping site developed by the University of Oregon. It provides ?animated representations of fundamental historical problems? or events. I particularly like the modules on Greece and Rome and even developed a...