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Chapter 1: Guide to Internet Resources
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| General Research Resources | ||
| The Ancient World Web | ||
| One of the best listings of Web sites to do with the ancient world. ( http://www.julen.net/ancient/ ) | ||
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| Argos | ||
| Argos is a limited-area search engine. In other words, it is a search engine that will only search out sites that have something to do with the ancient and medieval past. It is created and maintained by a team of scholars who maintain specialized link pages. ( http://argos.evansville.edu ) | ||
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| Questia | ||
| Research Mesopotamia, and other topics at Questia. ( http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=mesopotamia&OFFID=se2 ) | ||
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| Internet Ancient History Sourcebook | ||
| Internet Ancient History Sourcebook lists, where known, all major online texts in a series of annotated index pages. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbookfull.html ) | ||
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| Exploring Ancient World Cultures | ||
| Although this began as an "online textbook," it has evolved into something more useful, with major indices of online articles, art, and resources, organized into regional/chronological guides. ( http://eawc.evansville.edu/eawcindex.htm ) | ||
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| The Ancient World Web | ||
| One of the best listings of Web sites to do with the ancient world. ( http://www.julen.net/ancient/ ) | ||
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| Paleolithic Period | ||
| Geologic Time [At Berkeley] | ||
( http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/geology.html ) | ||
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| Evolution: Theory and History [At Berkeley] | ||
( http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evolution.html ) | ||
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| Origins of Mankind Page [At Talk Origins] | ||
| The best starting point for those interested in the "creationism" debate. ( http://www.talkorigins.org/ ) | ||
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| The Long Foreground: Overview of Human Evolution [At Washington State University (WSU)] | ||
| This excellent guide includes:
( http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/lfopen-index.html ) | ||
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| Neolithic Period and Agriculture | ||
| The Agricultural Revolution [At WSU] | ||
( http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_agrev/agrev-index.html ) | ||
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| Mesopotamia | ||
| Creative Impulse: Mesopotamia | ||
| A guide to Mesopotamian resources on the net. ( http://history.evansville.net/meso.html ) | ||
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| Cuneiform [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/CUNEI.HTM ) | ||
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| Indo-Europeans [Secondary Discussion]: New Contributions to the Story of the West | ||
( http://www.armenianhighland.com/homeland/chronicle120.html ) | ||
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| Indo-European Languages [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://zompist.com/euro.htm ) | ||
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| Hittites [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTM ) | ||
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| Egypt | ||
| Egypt [At Exploring Ancient World Cultures] | ||
| Online essays, with links to the best Egypt Web sites. ( http://eawc.evansville.edu/egpage.htm ) | ||
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| Egypt [Richard Hooker, at WSU] | ||
( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/EGYPT/EGYPT.HTM ) | ||
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| Mark Millmore's Ancient Egyptian Page | ||
( http://www.eyelid.co.uk/ ) | ||
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| Reeder's Egypt Page | ||
( http://www.egyptology.com/reeder/ ) | ||
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| The Pyramids: The Inside Story [NOVA/PBS] | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ ) | ||
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| Pyramids: Design and Construction | ||
( http://www.touregypt.net/construction/ ) | ||
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| The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser: Clickable Site. | ||
( http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html ) | ||
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| Creative Impulse: Egypt | ||
( http://history.evansville.net/egypt.html ) | ||
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| The Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep | ||
| Pictures of a tomb of two Egyptian men who were, apparently, married to each other. ( http://www.egyptology.com/niankhkhnum_khnumhotep/ ) | ||
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| Walk Like an Egyptian [Web site-AOL] | ||
| An odd site in some respects, but has useful summaries of topics such as Ma'at, Ba and Ka. ( http://members.aol.com/tokapu/Walkle01.htm ) | ||
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| Babalonian and Egyptian Mathamatics [Secondary Discussion/Image] | ||
( http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_and_Egyptian.html ) | ||
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| Hatsheput [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/Quarterdeck/QD3.1/Elsayed/elsayedhatshepsut.html ) | ||
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| Scribes | ||
( http://www.rosetta.com/RosettaStone.html ) | ||
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| Complicated Scripts | ||
( http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/egypt/hieroglyphics/heiroglyphics.html ) | ||
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| Pyramids and the Afterlife | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ ) | ||
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| Phoenicians | ||
| Mediterranean Trade [Secondary Discussion/Image] | ||
( http://www.mariner.org/age/phoenicians.html ) | ||
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| Phoenician Alphabet | ||
( http://www.ancientscripts.com/ ) | ||
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| Israel/Hebrews | ||
| Internet Jewish History Sourcebook | ||
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html ) | ||
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| Nomadic Hebrews [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gerald_larue/otll/chap8.html ) | ||
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| Mediterranean Trade [Secondary Discussion/Image] | ||
( http://www.mariner.org/age/phoenicians.html ) | ||
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| Nomadic Hebrews [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gerald_larue/otll/chap8.html ) | ||
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| Patriarchs [Secondary Discussion] | ||
( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/HEBREWS/WANDER.HTM ) | ||
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| Babalonians | ||
| Babalonian and Egyptian Mathamatics [Secondary Discussion/Image] | ||
( http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_and_Egyptian.html ) | ||
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| Babalonian Art | ||
( http://eawc.evansville.edu/pictures/nepage.htm ) | ||
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| Persia | ||
| Parthia.com | ||
| Focused on a later period of Persian history than covered in this chapter, but still a good entrance to all things Persian. ( http://www.parthia.com/ ) | ||
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| Zoroastrianism | ||
( http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html ) | ||
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| The Persian Empire | ||
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook05.html ) | ||
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| Relevant Research Journals | ||
| Adamatu | ||
| A bilingual archeological journal published in Arabic and English, focusing on
archeological studies on the crossroads between Western and Near Eastern
cultures. ( http://www.adumatu.com/ ) | ||
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| Near Eastern Archaeology | ||
| Research journal on the ancient world from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean. ( http://www.bu.edu/asor/pubs/nea/index.html ) | ||
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| Yahoo List of Archeology | ||
( http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Anthropology_and_Archaeology/Archaeology/Journals/ ) | ||
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| Yahoo List of Egyptology | ||
( http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Anthropology_and_Archaeology/Archaeology/Egyptology/J... ) | ||
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| The Ancient World in the News | ||
| Yahoo | ||
| Search phrases, such as, "Mesopotamia" or "Paleolithic Period" in the news. ( http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/options?p= ) | ||
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| CNN | ||
| Search phrases, such as, "Mesopotamia" or "Paleolithic Period" in the news. ( http://www.cnn.com/ ) | ||
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| PBS | ||
| Search phrases, such as, "Mesopotamia" or "Paleolithic Period" in the news. ( http://www.pbs.org/search/ ) | ||
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| NPR | ||
| Search phrases, such as, "Mesopotamia" or "Paleolithic Period" in the news ( http://www.npr.org/search/ ) | ||
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| ABC | ||
| Search phrases, such as, "Mesopotamia" or "Paleolithic Period" in the news ( http://search.abcnews.go.com/ ) | ||
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| Library of Congress Headings | ||
| Arizona State | ||
Search for related library books and documents using these subject headings:
( http://catalog.lib.asu.edu/search/d ) | ||
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| Library of Congress | ||
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| your university library | ||
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