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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 Digital Classicist
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Online Groups
Language
English
The Digital Classicist is a decentralised and international community of scholars and students interested in the application of innovative digital methods and technologies to research on the ancient world. The Digital Classicist is not hard-funded, nor owned by any institution. The main purpose of this site is to offer a web-based hub for discussion, collaboration and communication.
The Digital Humanism Initiative (DIGHUM)
Category
Unspecified
Type
Online Groups
Language
English
The Digital Humanism Initiative is an international collaboration seeking to build a community of scholars, policy makers, and industrial players who are focused on ensuring that technology development remain centered on human interests. While note strictly engaging in Ancient Studies, the Digital Humanism Initiative promotes the humanities broadly.
Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives (ETANA)
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This open-access database contains resources relating to the Ancient Near East, including digitized texts, translations, scholarly literature, and links to archaeological excavation sites.
The Digital Medievalist
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Online Groups
Language
English
Digital Medievalist is an international web-based community for medievalists working with digital media. It was established in 2003 to help scholars meet the increasingly sophisticated demands faced by designers of contemporary digital projects. Digital Medievalist publishes an open access journal, sponsors conference sessions, runs an email discussion list and encourages best practice in digital medieval resource creation.
DEMOS: Classical Athenian Democracy
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
A digital encyclopedia of classical Athenian democracy designed for a public audience. It describes the history, institutions, and people of democratic Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, and publishes the efforts of scholars to answer questions about Athenian democracy. Individual articles contain quotatoins from ancient documents with links to full translations on the Perseus Project. Users should be aware that many links on this page are broken/outdated.
Open Art Images
Category
Art History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Open Art Images is a search and visualization engine for high-resolution images of artwork from all around the world and from every period in history that belong to the public domain or to a type of license which allows their reuse. All images come with detailed information, relevant to the understanding of their historical and cultural context and which informs the user about their current location, source, and license. It includes images from Stone Age through Renaissance to Surrealism.
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