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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.
The Cult of Saints
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Searchable database compiling all evidence of the cult of saints in the medieval period, including translated texts and inscriptions, as well as images of archaeological materials. The database contains Armenian, Coptic, Georgian, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources.
Edition Topoi
Category
General History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Edition Topoi research platform is an innovative, reliable information infrastructure. It serves the publication of citable research data such as 3D models, high-resolution pictures, data and databases. The content and its meta data are subject to peer review and made available on an open access basis.
The TOMBA project
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
German; English; Danish; French; Italian; Greek
A database with descriptions of rich burials from the period of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Europe (~2000 - 0 BC). Each entry is identified on a map, contains details about the burial site, images or drawings of finds, and relevant bibliography.
Avestan Digital Archive
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English
This website has digital archive containing all Avestan manuscripts housed in libraries around of world. It is searchable by manuscript passage, library, and manuscript type. There is also a link to the Corpus Avesticum Berolinese.
The Netherlands Institute for the Near East
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The institute has recent publications, some of which are freely accessible, as well as information and images about some of its collection, and details about how to visit it
The Mongols - Khan Academy
Category
Central Asian Studies
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
The website with an overview of the Mongol Empire, founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, that eventually becomes the largest contiguous empire in world history before splitting formally into the Yuan Dynasty, Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate and Ilkhanate.
Ancient Corinth | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Category
General Archaeology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Website for school's excavation at Ancient Corinth, with links to internship opportunities, volunteering, courses, as well as (scholarly) articles, information about archaeology in general, conservation & preservation at the site, images of the excavation, database of digital resources, opportunity to contact staff
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