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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.
Archäologische Sammlung
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
German
This website presents the collection of the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna for public study. The focus of the collection is on casts of buildings (mostly temples) of ancient Greece from the 6th to the 1st century BCE, Greek grave and consecration reliefs, Greek statues, and Greek and Roman portraits. The website is only in German. For direct access to their archival database, use this website: https://coll-ika.univie.ac.at/ (registration required).
Yale University Art Gallery
Category
Ancient African and Egyptian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Access to view the collections of the Yale Art Museum online, including African, Asia, European, Indo-Pacific, Roman, Greek, and Mesopotamian art, including coins collections. There is also information about the collections in their contemporary context, including links to related scholarly articles, essays by the department curators, video content, and search collection tool.
Great Zimbabwe Ruins
Category
Ancient African and Egyptian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website provides information about the Great Zimbabwe ruins, which contains descriptions of the history of the site, its contemporary function and modern status as archaeological heritage site in relation to imperialism, gallery, and visitor information.
The Madain Project
Category
Ancient Religion
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
The Madain Project hosts a web archive of sites related to the history and archaeology of Abrahamic religious sites (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). Sites are searchable by region and religion, and they include images, brief histories, and bibliographies.
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