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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.
Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy
Category
History of Science & Technology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy website is a database and document repository of astronomical heritage throughout the world. It includes multiple essays on the astronomy and Prehistoric Times, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient and Medieval Far East, Ancient Egypt, India, Islamic, Ancient and Medieval Europe, and Indigenous uses of Astronomy. Essays include images and select bibliographic references. There are also links to various regional and national databases on astronomical heritage around the world.
The Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS)
Category
History of Science & Technology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS) is an international organization that has been, since it was launched in 1986, establishing a foot-print as an international academy of sciences that serves the 57 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as well as OIC communities and scientists and technologists worldwide.
Lapham's Quarterly
Category
General History
Type
Modern Books
Language
English
Lapham's Quarterly is a print and online publication that publishes articles which abridge the wisdom and insight of ancient and modern texts to into relevant thematic modern discussions. Articles contain quotations and discussion of ancient and modern texts, as well as stunning artwork.
Paleo-Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
This website contains a database on the palaeography of the Paleo-Hebrew texts from Qumran, including a research article, palaeographic tables produced using LaTeX, and digitized images of hebrew letters and paleo-hebrew fonts.
The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha
Category
Biblical Studies
Type
Languages
Language
English
The website publishes digital version of critical texts of the "Old Testament" Pseudepigrapha and related literature. The database of texts is browseable by genre, individual prophet, and names of texts. Each text contains informatoin on manuscripts, bibliography, and an introduction.
Muslim Heritage
Category
Arabic & Islamic Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
A comprehensive on the Islamic history and culture. The website contains accessible articles on Islamic science, environment, people, history, and culture. Articles contain images, video links, and other resources. The Masdar Search database also provides access to a large bibliography using Google Scholar.
IntraText
Category
Ancient Religion
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
Catalan, Czech, Chamorro, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, Spanish, Esperanto, French, Gaelic, Croatian, Icelandic, Italian, Swahili, Luxembourgish, Lithuanian, Latin, Hungarian, Maltese, Maori, Moldavian, Dutch, Norwegian, Pali, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Sanskrit, Sardo, Albanian, Slovenian, Serbian, Finnish, Swedish, Tetum, Vietnamese
This website has a full online collection of religious, scientific, literature, and philosophical texts from around the world in numerous langauges.
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