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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.
MEGA Jordan
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website is geographic information system (GIS) to inventory and manage archaeology sites at a national level, with maps and informations about each site with geographic coordinates of every archaeological site.
Map & Imagery Library | University of Florida
Category
General History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Ranges from recent aerial photography to antique maps, and contains approximately 500,000 maps, 300,000 aerial photographs and satellite images, 8,000 atlases and reference books, as well as a growing number of geospatial datasets. It is one of the largest academic map libraries in the United States and its largest collections include Florida, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Atiqot - Publication of the Israel Antiquties Autority
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Modern Books
Language
English
This website features open-access articles published by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Content focuses on the history and archaeology Israel and Palestine from prehistory to the Ottoman Empire.
Jewish Encyclopedia
Category
General History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, oiginally published between 1901-1906, which recently became part of the public domain. This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia.
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English
This has collected over 400 transliterations and translations of ancient Sumerian literary texts, ranging from mythology to royal praise poems, hymns, and other literature. There is also useful information about Sumerian grammar, literature, and cuneiform.
OmnesViae: Roman Route Planner
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This is map reconstructed based on on the Peutinger map (or in the Itinerarium Antonini for the westernmost area), detailing the distance between different Roman sites, citites, and fortifications.
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