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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.
Europeana
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, French, Irish Gaelic, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Slovak, Swedish
Europeana provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material. Europeana grants access to millions of cultural heritage items from institutions across Europe. Discover artworks, books, music, and videos on art, newspapers, archaeology, fashion, science, sport, and much more.
Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English
The Byzantine and Christian Museum, which is based in Athens, is one of Greece’s national museums. Its areas of competency are centred on – but not limited to – religious artefacts of the Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, post-Byzantine and later periods which it exhibits, but also acquires, receives, preserves, conserves, records, documents, researches, studies, publishes and raises awareness of.
Fukui Cultural Assets
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
This website provides insight into the history of old buildings, works of art, techniques, lifestyles, and customs that have been preserved and handed down by over generations into the present day in Japan.
Digital Public Library of America
Category
General History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Digital Public Library of America makes millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the United States available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.
Index of Medieval Art | Princeton University
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Index of Medieval Art is online databse managed by Princeton University. The collection includes images and descprtions related to the iconography of works of art produced between late antiquity and the sixteenth century.
Corpus Thomisticum
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
Latin, English, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Esperanto, Swedish
This website provides with basic information about Thomas Aquinas with accompanying digital editions of the main manuscripts of Aquinas's works.
Joy of Museums
Category
Art History
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English
The Joy of Museums website hosts virtual tours of nearly 500 museums, art galleries, and historic sites around the world. Users can find information and materials related to museums, art galleries, historic sites, art, artists, historical, artifacts, and discoveries.
Digital Collections for the Classroom
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
This website hosts the Newberry Library's (Chicago) online ditigal collections for teaching K-8, but there are resources of use for all ages. The focus of the collections is on modern world history, but there are collections related to the Medieval and Early Modern periods, including the Ottoman Empire, Indigenous North American cultures, the Crusades, African history, Beowulf, the European Renaissance, and more.
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