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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.
Database on Byzantine Book Epigrams
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE) has digitized the texts and contextual data of book epigrams from medieval Greek manuscripts up to the fifteenth century. Book epigrams are poems in and on books which often have the very manuscript as its subject, and they elaborate on its production, contents, and use. The database is browseable date, person, manuscript, genre, and subject.
Center for Hellenic Studies - Harvard University
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Online Groups
Language
English
A center dedicated to the study of Hellenic civilization, broadly defined, that has a library in Washington D.C. but also puts on events and offers open access publications related to ancient Greece.
The Silk Roads Programme
Category
Central Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The website with information about the UNESCO Programme revives and extends historical networks in a digital space, bringing people together in an ongoing dialogue and fostering a mutual understanding of the diverse and often inter-related cultures that have sprung up around these routes.
Corpus Thomisticum
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
Latin, English, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Esperanto, Swedish
This website provides with basic information about Thomas Aquinas with accompanying digital editions of the main manuscripts of Aquinas's works.
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