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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 West Semitic Research Project | University of Southern California
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The West Semitic Research Project is an academic project affiliated with the University of Southern California School of Religion and directed by Dr. Bruce Zuckerman. For the past 32 years WSRP has used advanced photographic and computer imaging techniques to document objects and texts from the ancient world. In doing this they have built a vast collection of images that they are now making available to scholars, students, educators and the general public through a variety of ways.
The Orion Center for the Study of the
Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Hebrew
The Center aims to stimulate and foster research on the Scrolls, particularly the great task of integrating the new information gained from the Scrolls into the body of knowledge about Jewish history and religion in the Second Temple period. Such integration affects the study of the Bible, Jewish literature and thought of the Second Temple Period, earliest Christianity and the New Testament, early rabbinic Judaism, and more.
Virtal Qumran Tour
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website has a reconstruction of the Qumran site with gallery of images, video tour, and and information on the Dead Sea Scrolls and their importance published by the Hebrew University of Jersualem.
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.
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