(I don't know where exactly to put this, but I hope it ends somewhere where it is easily accessible - and visible - to members who may need it.
Thanks.)
In view of the amount of speculation - much of it well-intentioned and stemming from genuine curiosity in history - I thought it would be a good idea
to include this indispensable resource for all those interested in history, so they could base their argumentation on actual primary sources (not
hear-say or tendentious second-hand interpretation of them):
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project
(compiled and edited by Dr. Paul Halsall)
It is a resource that would literally take you months, if not years, to read through (but fear not, there is a search function).
The main sections are:
Internet ANCIENT History Sourcebook
Internet MEDIEVAL Sourcebook
Internet MODERN History Sourcebook
with an array of subsidiary sourcebooks and guides about specific areas of research.
Please, feel free to use them.
That's what they are there for.
[edit on 24-12-2009 by Vanitas]