General Ancient History Resources

      Exploring Ancient World Cultures
      "An on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds; features its own essays and primary texts. Over time it will include chapter-length histories for each of the eight "cultures" represented: The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe. Aso includes a substantial index of internet sites, divided into five sub-indices: a chronology, an essay index, an image index, an internet site index and an electronic text index."
      Mayan Studies Links
      A collection of links to Internet information about Mayan and pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas. Images, information and articles provide a lot of helpful resources.
      The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
      For their builders, the Seven Wonders were a celebration of religion, mythology, art, power, and science. For us, they reflect the ability of humans to change the surrounding landscape by building massive yet beautiful structures, one of which stood the test of time to this very day.
      Roman Law
      Links to Internet resources related to Roman Law.
      Rome Reborn
      Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture is an online exhibit from the Libray of Congress. It presents some 200 of the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and maps--many of which played a key role in the humanist recovery of the classical heritage of Greece and Rome. The exhibition presents the untold story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the Renaissance.
      Ancient Rome: Syllabus
      "This course/site examines Roman Civilization from its origins to the age of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Our approach to the Romans will be based on ancient literary and artistic monuments, modern scholarship, and the award-winning television series, I, Claudius.The period of special interest is the age of Augustus, Rome's first emperor who presided over a "Golden Age" in literature and the other arts."
      The Roman Empire
      "This is the Web page for History 1085, the Roman Empire. Check here for course announcements, copies of the syllabus and handouts, and links to other classics resources on the Internet."
      Resources For Greek Civilization
      "This is a directory of links to materials on ancient Greek texts which are read in Intellectual Heritage 51/91. These links include study guides, primary texts and images. The Department of Greek, Hebrew and Roman Classics provides this as a resource for students and faculty involved in this course."
      The Ancient Greek World
      The artifacts you will see here tell a vivid story of life in ancient Greece. The text expands on this story, and together they create in detail an interpretation of how Greek art and material culture add to the written record and expand our understanding of daily life in ancient times.
      Greek Myths
      The stories of the Greek deities and heroes/heroines form the core around which much of Western art, literature and music revolve. This course will examine Greek myth and legend as told and retold in Greek and Roman literary sources. The Greeks and Romans also left a vast corpus of painting and sculpture which may be drawn upon as primary source material for the study of Greek myth.
       
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