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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.
Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL) | Universitāt Leipzig
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This project by the Universitāt Leipzig (SEAL) is an ongoing project which started in 2007. It aims to compile an exhaustive catalogue of Akkadian literary texts from the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE, to present this corpus in such a way as to enable the efficient study of the entire early Akkadian corpus in all its philological, literary, and historical dimensions. Many of the editions in SEAL rely on new collations and photographs.
Japanese Journal of Archaeology
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Japanese Journal of Archaeology (JJA) is the English language journal of the Japanese Archaeological Association. JJA features open access, peer-reviewed original research and review articles written in English, primarily, but not exclusively, concerning archaeological studies of the Japanese archipelago, as well as archaeological studies of other regions relevant to the Japanese Archaeological Association. It is open-access.
Japan Heritage Dazaifu
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
Japanese, English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Korean
This website provides a considerable amount of resources about the history, culture, and identity of early Japan, and in particular, the city of Dazaifu.
World Heritage Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan | UNESCO
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
Japanese, English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Korean
This UNESCO site is about the Jomon culture and archaeological sites in Northern Japan, with helpful analyses, images, and other resources provided to better understand the history of the Jomon people.
Hakodate Jomon Culture Center
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
Japanese, English
This website maintained by the Hakodate Jomon Culture Center provides guides to Jomon culture as well as information about exhibitions with artifacts from Jomon era. Website also includes some photos from the exhibition.
Nestor
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Nestor is an international bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields. It is published monthly from September to May (each volume covers one calendar year) by the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati.
Nonaka Kofun
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
Japanese, English
This website of is managed by the Project for Preservation and Utilization of Artifacts from Nonaka Kofun. The site offers information about the Kofun period in Japan, Nonaka Kofun, and other resources about this era.
BiblIndex
Category
Biblical Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
BiblIndex is an index of biblical references found in early Christian literature, both Western and Eastern texts, so far covering the first three centuries, along with part of the following century. The eventual goal is to cover the whole of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages to help renew the study of the interpretation and the history of biblical texts.
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