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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.
Roman Provincial Coinage
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website aims to produce a standard typology of the provincial coinage of the Roman Empire.The database is based on the ten most important and accessible collections in the world and on all published material.
Ugarit
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Languages
Language
English
This website is a crowd-sourced translation alignment software which includes many ancient texts. It allows users to align individual words and phrases with its facing translation in numerous languages. As of November 2023, there are 52 languages on the site, including ancient Greek, Latin, Akkadian, Demotic Egyptian, Hittite, and many more modern languages.
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.
Mobility, Empire and Cross Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia | The Jerusalem Prosopography Project (JPP)
Category
Central Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This project by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem showcases cross-cultural development and interactions within the Mongol Empire, with a comprehensive database to assist in research.
Celtic Personal Names of Roman Britain (CPNRB)
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This database collects known personal names from Roman Britain which are thought to have Celtic elements. The data can be searched and sorted under several headings, such as name forms, gender, date, location of the find, type of source, etc. It is also browsable by letter, type of source, population group, region, century, and presumed gender.
The Oxford Friars Project
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Oxford Friars project virtually reconstructs the medieval Franciscan and Dominican foundations in Oxford in the 13th to 16th centuries. The project places these lost buildings in the context of English antifraternal literature, tracing the opposition to the friars’ building projects from their beginnings in the 1220s to the final dissolution of English religious houses under Henry VIII in the 1530s. The webiste contains a historical essay on the Medieval Franciscan and Dominican orders, as well as a 11-minute film.
Persee
Category
Central Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, French
Persee.fr contains a vast collection of scholarly publications related to the humanities and social sciences, as well as earth and environmental sciences. Its collections go as far back as 1840 and number over 700,000, and have many publications related to ancient history and archaeology.
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