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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.
Art History Teaching Resources
Category
Art History
Type
Lesson Plans
Language
English

Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) is a peer-populated platform for art history teachers. AHTR is home to a constantly evolving and collectively authored online repository of art history teaching content including, but not limited to, lesson plans, video introductions to museums, book reviews, image clusters, and classroom and museum activities. The site promotes discussion and reflection around new ways of teaching and learning in the art history classroom through a peer-populated blog, and fosters a collaborative virtual community for art history instructors at all career stages.
Christian Baptisteries: Interactive Map
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

This is an interactive map of Christian baptisteries throughout Europe, western Asia, and North Africa from the 3rd to 12th centuries CE. It is a digitization of Sebastian Ristow's Frühchristliche Baptisterien (Münster: Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1998) compiled by Hana Hořínková.
Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes
Category
Central Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

The range of archaeological heritage across Central Asia (Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China) is vast and much of it is undocumented, understudied, and under threat. Made possible by funding from the Arcadia Fund – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, CAAL is developing a digital inventory of these sites utilising the open-access Arches platform.
Corinthian Matters
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

This website seeks to popularize Corinthian studies by collecting materials related to Corinth, the Isthmus, and the broader Corinthia region. It publishes news about books, conferences, and presentations, resources for scholars, and essays/reviews about Corinthian history. There are maps, photos, and materials from the East Korinthia Archaeological Survey.
AWOL - Ancient World Online
Category
Unspecified
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

This blog provides open access notices on academic literature about the ancient world. Users can find lists of all open access academic journal, monograph series, and textbooks/OERs/Primers. Blog entries go back to 2009, and new content is frequently published.
CREAP (Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes pour l'Art Préhistorique)
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
English; French; Spanish

The website of a French research center dedicated to the study of prehistoric art. It contains a database on Palaeolithic Cave Art with information relating to 369 cave art sites and over 580 European Palaeolithic site. It uses 170 maps and contains over 16,000 digitized images. Access is password protected and currently restricted to select students conducting thesis research.
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