General Resources

British Museum - World Cultures

The British Museum collection includes artefacts from across the world. They represent the people and places of the past two million years. Below are introductions to a growing list of just some of the world cultures that can be explored in the Museum collection. More will be added....

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The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth Edition, 2001

Ancient. Medieval and Modern History. Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000....

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AncientWeb: The Ancient World's Great Civilizations

The Ancientweb is an online resource for Students, Teachers, and anyone interested in the cultures of the ancient world. Please browse the current sites below, and come back often to see more countries and cultures soon to be added!...

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History World

An ever expanding history resource to make history make sense....

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Eyewitness To The Ancient World

EyeWitness Accounts Of The Ancient World...

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BBC - History - Ancient History

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below....

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World History Cuneiform

This is a 12 page booklet written and compiled by Richard Austin. The booklet contains four triple layer cuneiform translations including the raw cuneiform, the phonetic layer and then English. It also contains the alphabet so that students can do translations in reverse. The major translation of Sennacherib's prism relates to five chapters of Old ...

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Plague in the Ancient World

A Study from Thucydides to Justinian by Christine A. Smith. Throughout history, humans have been faced with disastrous catastrophes which must be endured in order to survive. One of the most incomprehensible disasters for humanity has been the plague. This term in Greek can refer to any kind of sickness; in Latin, the terms are plaga and pestis. In...

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Women in the Ancient World

The status, role and daily life of women in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, Athens, Israel and Babylonia by James C. Thompson, B.A., M.Ed....

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World History Site: World History in Five Epochs

Presenting a New Theory of World History. The story of human society told in terms of five civilizations linked to communication technologies and changing structures of society. Four are fully developed. The fifth - computer-based communication - appears now on the horizon. This coincides with the creation of a global culture....

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