
Monthly Favorites
World History Encyclopedia
Category
General History
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
The World History Encyclopedia (formerly the Ancient History Encyclopedia) provides a multitude of resources to engage the public in world history and cultural heritage. There are numerous encyclopedia-style articles on a range of historical and archaeological topics including, art and architecture, daily life, biographies of famous individuals, places, states, time periods, religions, and warfare. The coverage of the site is primarily ancient and medieval, but it is expanding into the Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern periods. There is also a repository of materials for educators such as timelines, quizzes, a media library, and translations of ancient documents. There is also a growing collection of YouTube videos and podcasts on world history subjects. Many of the articles have been translated into a variety of languages.
The China Biographical Database
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Chinese
The China Biographical Database Project is a freely accessible relational database with biographical information on over 500,000 historical individuals primarily from the 7th through 19th centuries. The database datasets are downloadable. There is also additional information on their blog, published papers, and events pages.
Achemenet
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
French; English
This website contains various tools and resources for the study of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, including texts, translations, bibliography, information on archaeological sites, images, maps, museum information, and online publications. Texts are arranged by language (Aramaic, Babylonian, Egyptian, Elamite, Greek, Lycian, and multilingual), region (Anatolia, Babylon, Egypt, Fars, and Greece), and publication.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Category
Art History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

This is an interactive timeline of art history which contains images of objects, essays on topics from global prehistory, antiquity and middle ages, and chronologies, telling the history of art through the diverse collection of the Met which has many objects of historic significance from all contients - useful for archaeology and ancient art history, also includes essays and videos as study aids
Lingua Graeca Per Se Illustrata
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Languages
Language
English

LGPSI is an open-ended collaborative project to develop sets of graded reading that guide learners from the beginning to a reading proficiency in ancient Greek (initially Koine, eventually expanding into Attic, Homer, and Byzantine). Knowledge of ancient Greek is necessary to use the site.
Manar Al-Athar
Category
Arabic & Islamic Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

An open image archive of the Islamic world that includes "archaeological sites, buildings and art, cover the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, as well as some bordering regions, such as Georgia and Armenia."
The Orion Center for the Study of the
Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Hebrew

The Center aims to stimulate and foster research on the Scrolls, particularly the great task of integrating the new information gained from the Scrolls into the body of knowledge about Jewish history and religion in the Second Temple period. Such integration affects the study of the Bible, Jewish literature and thought of the Second Temple Period, earliest Christianity and the New Testament, early rabbinic Judaism, and more.
Avicenna Project
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Study Aids
Language
English, Arabic

A website about the project about Avicenna. It aims at 'mapping the manuscript diffusion of Avicenna's Ilahiyyat, at surveying its indirect tradition, and at establishing critically the text of this work along the standards of classical philology. The edition is complemented by a facing English translation and a philosophical commentary, in order to make the edition accessible to readers not familiar with the Arabic language and scholars interested in the doctrinal content of the work.'
The History of Philosophy ''Without any Gaps''
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Study Aids
Language
English

A series of podcasts on the ideas, lives, and historical contexts of the major philosophers and philosophical schools, as well as the lesser-known figures of the philosophical traditions. The website offers a variety of episodes on Classical Greek Philosophy and Late Antiquity, as well as Islamic, Byzantine, and Africana philosophies.
- 62Página 12
