Classics

Ancient Cultures and History: Table of Contents

1. Prehistory
2. Egypt
3. Anatolia
4. Ancient Asia
5. Mesopotamia
6. Ancient Palestine
7. Ancient Africa
8. Ancient Europe
9. Greek World
10. Rome World
11. Byzantium
12. Ancient Maya
13. Medieval Ages

Ancient Civilizations and Cultures

Prehistory

• P eople before Civilization/Mesopotamia: The Invention of Civilization.

General

• EAWC: Complete Chronology Complete chronology for the Ancient World, a core course taught at Evansville.
• Horus's Web links to History U. of California-Riverside, Dept of History

Egypt

• Egyptology Resource Page
• Resources for History of Ancient Egypt
• Egyptian History Sir Alan Gardiner's classic work is available online. Updated.
• Egypt Tourism Page Has material and maps of ancient Egypt.
• Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt Brooklyn Museum

Ancient Anatolia

• Catal Huyuk Describes the excavation of the world's first urban center. Dates to 7000 BCE.
• The University of Melbourne Northeastern Turkey Archaeological Project Summarizes two excavations, one at Sos Hoyuk (Early to Middle Bronze Age, the other at Buyuktepe Hoyuk (Late Iron Age to Hellensitic Period).

Ancient Asia

• Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China
• Kusado Sengen Medieval Japanese town.
• Sannai Maruyama web site Site from the early to Middle Jomon period, ca. 5500-4000 BCE (or BP).
• Silk Road

Mesopotamia

• Translation of Hammurapi's Code
• Internet Mesopotamian Resources
• AB ZU Regional Index: Mesopotamia
• Netherlands Institute for the Near East
• Assyria On- Line
• Mesopota mia
• Center of Middle Eastern Studies: Ancient History and Archaeology
• Cultural Legacy of the Ancient Near East

Ancient Palestine

• Jerusalem Mosaic Virtual Jerusalem Tour, including the ancient city.

Ancient Africa

• Great Zimbabwe Iron Age center (CE 1200-1450). Describes the stone wall enclosures and artifacts.
• Thulamela Located in Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa. Site dates to CE 1240-1630

Ancient Europe

• Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads Describes excavations at the Sauromatian and Sarmatian kurgan burials at Pokrovka, Russia. See the Januaryt/February 1997 issue of Archaeology. For Archaeology online, see the Journals section of this WWW links page.
• Aerial Archive Aerial photographs of sites in Austria
• GIS and Remote Sensing for Archaeology:Burgundy, France Extensive mapping project of sites in the Arroux River Valley, including Celtic hill forts and the earliest known Gallo-Roman villa.
• Xanten Archaeological Park Roman site in Germany from the second century CE.
• Archeological Research at Oslonki, Poland Large farming village from before 4000 BCE.

Greek World

• Perseus Project Includes works of 27 Greek authors in Greek and English, as well as a data base of images from sites. There are 3000 links within the Perseus site alone.
• li>Greek Chronology
• Classical Origins of Western Culture A course taught at Brooklyn College. Course notes on topics from Homer to Vergil's Aeneid
• Greek World Virtual museum page on Greek life.
• First Palaces in the Aegean Jeremy Rutters lectures on Minoan Palace sites
• Nestor Bibliography for the Study of Aegean Prehistory
• Overview of Greek History Thomas Martin.

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Period

• Philosoph ical Background of the Hellenistic Age

Roman World

• Earl y Tribes of Italy
• Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
• The Etruscan Network
• Sources for Ancient History (Roman Section)
• Roman History
• Roman Civilization
• Rome GroupDalton School Teaching Resources
• Virtual Roma
• Roman Archives Alphabetic listing of many things Roman. Begins with bio of Augustus Caesar.
• VROMA: A virtual community for the teaching of classics. Under construction.

• Age of Augustus

• Links for the study of Augustus and his times

Byzantium

• Byzantium
• The Byzantine Empire General article on the history of the Byzantine Empire. Part of the New Advent Page which has entries from the Catholic Encyclopedia

The Maya

• The Maya Astronomy Page A page devoted to different aspects of Maya civilization

Medieval World

• Labyrinth: WWW Server for Midieval Studies Georgetown University
• WWW Medieval Resources Links to all things Medieval
• Medieval Italy

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