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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.

MEGA Jordan

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website is geographic information system (GIS) to inventory and manage archaeology sites at a national level, with maps and informations about each site with geographic coordinates of every archaeological site.

Map & Imagery Library | University of Florida

Category

General History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

Ranges from recent aerial photography to antique maps, and contains approximately 500,000 maps, 300,000 aerial photographs and satellite images, 8,000 atlases and reference books, as well as a growing number of geospatial datasets. It is one of the largest academic map libraries in the United States and its largest collections include Florida, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Atiqot - Publication of the Israel Antiquties Autority

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Modern Books

Language

English

This website features open-access articles published by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Content focuses on the history and archaeology Israel and Palestine from prehistory to the Ottoman Empire.

Jewish Encyclopedia

Category

General History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, oiginally published between 1901-1906, which recently became part of the public domain. This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia.

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

This has collected over 400 transliterations and translations of ancient Sumerian literary texts, ranging from mythology to royal praise poems, hymns, and other literature. There is also useful information about Sumerian grammar, literature, and cuneiform.

OmnesViae: Roman Route Planner

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This is map reconstructed based on on the Peutinger map (or in the Itinerarium Antonini for the westernmost area), detailing the distance between different Roman sites, citites, and fortifications.

ETANA

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

ETANA is a multi-institutional collaborative project initiated in August 2000, as an electronic publishing project designed to enhance the study of the history and culture of the ancient Near East.

The Schøyen Collection

Category

General History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

An academic & educational resource from the private collection of Norwegian engineer Martin Schøyen (1896-1962), containing 840 digitized manuscripts and images of artifacts.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection | The University of Texas at Austin

Category

General History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This collection from the University of Texas at Austin includes maps from a wide range of chronological periods and geographic regions.

Holy Land Photos

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website includes images from historically-significant regions relevant to the histories of the Abrahamic religions.

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