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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.
Lapham's Quarterly
Category
General History
Type
Modern Books
Language
English
Lapham's Quarterly is a print and online publication that publishes articles which abridge the wisdom and insight of ancient and modern texts to into relevant thematic modern discussions. Articles contain quotations and discussion of ancient and modern texts, as well as stunning artwork.
Digital Syriac Corpus
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English
The Digital Syriac Corpus is a freely available, open-access, online repository for digitized editions of Syriac texts. All of the texts in the Digital Syriac Corpus have been converted into TEI/XML formatting for display and robust searching.
Touching History - Digitization Projects by Ardon Bar-Hama
Category
Biblical Studies
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English
This website hosts digitized images by Ardon Bar-Hama which include the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Codex Vaticanus (the oldest complete manuscript of the Christian Bible, in ancient Greek), the bronze doors of St. Peter's Basilica, the Aleppo Codex (the earliest full text of the Hebrew Bible), and the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI)
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website is online collection of images of cuneiform tablets. This site is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Oxford, and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin.
American Research Institute in Turkey
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
ARIT is the primary organization serving American and Canadian researchers and scholars interested in carrying out study and research in and about Turkey. ARIT centers offer a wide range of scholarly and educational activities in Istanbul, Ankara, and the U.S. ARIT administers fellowships for research and language study in the country and supports academic exchanges with Turkish and other scholars.
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