24 Aug 2001

Rulers
B. Schemmel (editor@rulers.org), rulers.org, ?US
Self-description: "This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately."
Site contents: Countries and territories: AZ; Synopsis; Clickable map; International organizations: A-W; Foreign ministers: A-Z; Religious leaders; Monthly chronicle of relevant events since 1996; Recent Additions [incl. Jul 2001 Marshall Islands traditional polities and Micronesian traditional polities; Jun 2001 - new page on Pakistani provinces, May 2001 - new page on Indonesian provinces; Feb 2001 - expanded coverage of Russian administrative divisions; Nov 2000 - new pages on the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, new page on the Pacific Community; Sep 2000 - expanded coverage of Vietnam, and Turkey, Jul 2000 - new page on the Organization of the Islamic Conference, new page on the provinces of British India - ed.]
[A massive site with political, administrative and biographical information. Unfortunately, the information is unreferenced, and the site does not have a bibliography page - ed.]
URL http://rulers.org/
Link reported by: Alan S. Harrell (ashandrr@ashlists.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30