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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.
The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection | The National Library of Israel
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Hebrew, Arabic
The National Library of Israel's Eran Laor Cartographic Collection contains thousands of maps, articles, and other cartography-related sources, focused primarily on the history of the Levant and broader Middle East.
American Southwest Virtual Museum
Category
Ancient American (Indigenous) Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English
Online museum of archaeological artifacts found in the American Southwest curated by the US National Parks Service. Contains a digital collection as well as information on the various cultures that they belong to and their locations of origin. Can be sorted by artifact type as well as subcategories such as type of pottery.
Poinikastas: Epigraphic Sources for Early Greek Writing
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This is a digitized version of Lillian Hamilton (Anne) Jeffrey's renowned book, The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece (1961). It contains searchable and browseable database of Archaic Greek inscriptions, including a searchable map. Entries display the unique letter forms of a particular inscription, and these are linked to other others inscriptions that contain the same letter form. There is also an online biography of Prof. Jeffrey and personal photographs.
Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum Tour
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English
A digital tour of the Byzantine and Christian museum in Athens which has over 30,000 objects from the 3rd century AD to the 21st century AD, including icons, wall-paintings, manuscripts and works on paper, works of minor arts, ceramics, textiles, paintings, mosaics, and copies. The user can move between gallery rooms and click on objects of interest for a closer look and text descriptions.
Greek Economic Inscriptions | Scuola Normale Superiore
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
An in-progress collection of Greek Inscriptions of Economic content, covering a period from the 6th to the 1st century BC.' The website discusses topics such as ancient 'wine law' or 'sale of public land'.
Quart.us from Professor Carr
Category
General History
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
Quart.us is an online collection of articles by Professor Karen Carr (Portland State University) on various topics in ancient and medieval history covering the entire globe, including food, climate, medicine, literature, religion, and architecture. Articles contain links to further reading and video resources.
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