Monthly Favorites
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.
RadioCIAMS Archive from the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies
Category
General Archaeology
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
Podcast episodes from the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material studies. Interviews with archaeologists about their fields of study and recent and upcoming publications.
Univeristy of Florida Anthropology
Category
General Archaeology
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
The YouTube channel of the Anthropology Department at the University of Florida that contains short introductory videos and webinars on topics such as artifact preservation, ethnoarchaeology, and bioarchaeology.
The Noble Quran
Category
Ancient Religion
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
Arabic, English, Bengali, Farsi, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Albanian, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese, Malay
An entire Holy Quran the central religious text of Islam. Avaliable both in Arabic and English. It also offers the interactive reading tool. All of the Meccan and Medinan Surahs are the chronologically organised and avaliable on the website. One can browse through the surahs, click on the button (shown left) in the READ & LISTEN page and navigate surah by title or by page.
International Network for Byzantine Philosophy
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The official blog of the International Network for Byzantine Philosophy. The network that aims at increasing body of published texts and studies about Byzantine philosophy. The blog contains short communications, reflections, and announcements of events and publications related to the field of Byzantine Philosophy. The topics include liturgical communities, the debate on iconology and the role of Christian theology and philosophy in the Byzantine Empire.
Islamic Philosophy: From the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Modern Books
Language
English
A compilation of articles about Islamic Philosophy from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It contains the articles about many aspects of Islamic Philosophy such as political philosophy, aesthetics, epistemology and theology.
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