History:

Encyclopaedia Iranica is available online. The first six volumes' content is presented as PDF files, which means all diacritics are present without needing a special font. Use of the search function or reading of articles will require downloading and installing a font (which is free). At last check, the font worked for both Macintosh and PC, though users may have to instruct their browsers to use the font each time they visit the site.
http://www.iranica.com/institution/chicago.isc

The Journal of Historical Geography
http://www.academicpress.com/jhg
To search all issues’ abstracts and references, and to download articles in PDF format:
http://www.idealibrary.com/servlet/useragent?func=showAllIssues=17186

The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, in Chicago, has a variety of special collections and archives, as well as periodicals, books and other resources.
http://www.spertus.edu

The Internet Islamic History Source Book, by Paul Halsall at Fordham University, is a source of a great many links.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html

MidEast Web is a trilingual (Arabic, English and Hebrew) site provides history, culture, and geographical information for all ages.
http://www.mideastweb.org

Kurdistan Web "offers cultural, historical and political information."
http://kurdweb.humanrights.de or http://www.kurdistanweb.org

Yahoo country sites, since they have many links, may be useful for finding information on history.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries

Al-Islam.org's history section provides some information about key events, though it appears to be a work in progress.
http://www.al-islam.org/history

Paperlessarchives.com sells CD-ROM archives of declassified U.S. government documents. "Materials cover Presidencies, Historical Figures, Historical Events, Celebrities, Organized Crime, Politics, Military Operations, Famous Crimes, Intelligence Gathering, Espionage, Civil Rights, Serial Killers, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and more. Material from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Secret Service, National Security Council, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Justice, National Archive Records Administration, Presidential Libraries, and more." Be aware that this material may be freely available elsewhere.
http://www.paperlessarchives.com

The Ottoman archives in Istanbul (Basbakanlik Arsivi) catalog of documents "includes fairly substantial summaries of the contents of each document. They are also going to put actual photographs of about 100,000 documents onto the Internet as the first step to putting the entire archive onto the Internet."
http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr