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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.

Mapping History

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

This website is a coproduction of the University of Oregon and Universitat Munster that has collected digital maps related to American, European, Latin American, and African history. Topical maps include introductory essays by scholars that provide additional context. The maps are also organized as a timeline to show chronological developments. Maps related to Ancient Studies include: Greek colonization, Greek diplomatic connections, the movement of Greek intellectuals, Roman Italy, the "3rd century crisis," Roman Asia Minor, and Indigenous Peoples of North America.

The Imperiia Project

Category

Unspecified

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The Imperiia Project studies Russia's spatial history. It contains multiple resources on Russian early modern history such as historical maps, images, archival sources, atlases, and annotated datasets.

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.

Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive

Category

Art History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive (VISA) contains over 3,000 illustrations taken from the most significant illustrated editions of Shakespeare’s plays in the Victorian period. There is also a Free, downloadable coloring book with 35 of the database's illustrations.

The Digital Orientalist

Category

General History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The Digital Orientalist is an online magazine run by a dedicated team of scholars, librarians, and students. They share they experience using digital tools in the Humanities, especially as it relates to our day-to-day workflow. They publish articles and editorials exclusively on non-European topics, ranging from African, Asian, and Middle Eastern history to coding, critical theory, and digital humanities.

Lingua Graeca Per Se Illustrata

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Languages

Language

English

LGPSI is an open-ended collaborative project to develop sets of graded reading that guide learners from the beginning to a reading proficiency in ancient Greek (initially Koine, eventually expanding into Attic, Homer, and Byzantine). Knowledge of ancient Greek is necessary to use the site.

Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Languages

Language

German

The Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae is a reseach tool for studying ancient Egyptian and Demotic. Users need to register to access the database and its resources, which include texts, lemma, digital analysis tools, as well as dictionary resources in German.

The Oxford Friars Project

Category

Late Antique and Medieval Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The Oxford Friars project virtually reconstructs the medieval Franciscan and Dominican foundations in Oxford in the 13th to 16th centuries. The project places these lost buildings in the context of English antifraternal literature, tracing the opposition to the friars’ building projects from their beginnings in the 1220s to the final dissolution of English religious houses under Henry VIII in the 1530s. The webiste contains a historical essay on the Medieval Franciscan and Dominican orders, as well as a 11-minute film.

Database on Byzantine Book Epigrams

Category

Late Antique and Medieval Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE) has digitized the texts and contextual data of book epigrams from medieval Greek manuscripts up to the fifteenth century. Book epigrams are poems in and on books which often have the very manuscript as its subject, and they elaborate on its production, contents, and use. The database is browseable date, person, manuscript, genre, and subject.

Historical Thesaurus of English

Category

Unspecified

Type

Languages

Language

English

This website hosts the 2nd edition of the University of Glasgow’s "Historical Thesaurus of English," a unique resource that charts the development of meaning in English. It contains of almost every recorded word in English from early medieval times to the present day, all arranged into detailed hierarchies of meaning. There are also guides on how to use the thesaurus, visualization tools, and scholarship opportunities.

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