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Here are some sites to help you find out about history of peoples and places around the world.

* Biography Resource Centre
Biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as other reference content to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photographs, sounds, moving images, documents, graphs and maps are combined with text in Te Ara - an online encyclopedia of New Zealand with significant māori content.
* BBC History
The BBC website provides articles on a range of aspects about British history and pre-history. You can search by topic, time, people and places.
* Best of History Websites
Look no further coz there's tons of great sites here covering ancient, medieval, U.S., early modern European, WW2 and much more
* Christopher Columbus
Information backed up by pictures, maps and quotations from contemporary sources
* CIA World Factbook
Data is available for over 250 countries. For each country, quick facts are provided on topics including a map and flag, geography, population, government, economic, communication, transportation, and military.
* Civil Rights Movement
Guide to finding resources in Christchurch City Libraries on the Civil Rights Movement in the USA.
* Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who made their mark on this country. Does not include people who are currently living.
* Easter Rising 1916 in Ireland
Guide to finding resources in Christchurch City Libraries on the Easter Rising.
* History at PBS
A wide range of resources about people and events in history.
* History Classroom
Activities and material relevant to NCEA history. NZHistory.Net also has a directory of information and web sites on New Zealand history and provides historic sound and film clips.
* History of New Zealand
A brief, but very informative look at New Zealand's history. Provides translations of the site into Chinese, Japanese and German.
* History Today
Full-text articles from the popular history magazine.
* New Zealand History
Try these other links selected by Christchurch City Libraries on New Zealand history.
* Slavery
Guide to finding resources in Christchurch City Libraries on slavery.
* The History Net
Provides links and articles on events and people in history. Find out what happened today in history, search the site or try the major subject areas: including ancient/classical history, women's history and 20th century history.
* World War I
For study or general interest, this is a brilliant site about the Great War
* Worst Jobs In History
2,000 years of the worst jobs ever from Roman to Victorian times