Civilizations In History

 

 
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Prehistory Mesopotamia
Egypt Agean
Greece Rome
Islam
Medieval Europe Renaissance
Reformation Mezo-America
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


Teaching Resources

Introduction
Ancient and Medieval History Checklist for General Studies
BBC Education - Medicine Through Time
WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
World History
Myths and Legends - frames
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE VIRTUAL MUSEUM TEXT MENU
Odyssey Online
ROM- Western Art + Culture
Internet History 3A
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
HWC Classroom, Knox
HWC Library, Dr. Knox
Cities Through Time Theme Activity: The Lost City
Yahoo! - Arts:Humanities:History:Ancient History
EAWC Internet Index
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
World Cultures
Search Argos
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
CLASSICAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITY
SPOTLIGHT ON THE WESTERN TRADITION - PART I
Ancient Scripts of the World
Ancient Civilizations
Mr Donn's Ancient History Page
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Main Page
Historic Atlas Resource - Europe

 
 

Art Images

AICT
Gateway to Art History

Prehistory

Archeology

Archaeological Pieces of the Past - Introduction - ROM
Archaeology
Archaeology Resources for Education
Welcome to the Archaeological Adventure

Human Origins

BBC Evolution Weekend: Site A to Z
ASM101 Human Origins and Development of Culture
A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Human Evolution
How Humans Evolved
Fossil Hominids FAQ
Take the Lucy Test!
Human Origins
Origins of Humankind (Human Evolution, Paleoanthropology, Physical Anthropology, Prehistoric Man)
Garden of Eden

Anthropology

Anthropology 102
Anthropology in the News
Into the World of Anthropology
Paleoanthropology Links

Articles

Behold the Stone Age
Scientific American: Explorations: Unearthing History with Mary Leakey
Scientific American Exploration: Rambling Road to Humanity: 6/16/97
Scientific American: Science and the Citizen: ANCESTRAL QUANDARY: January 1998
The African Emergence and Early Asian Dispersals of the Genus Homo

Art

McDougal Littell NetActivities: Cave Art
The paleolithic painted cave of Lascaux
The Chauvet Cave
NIRD: Prehistoric Art
CMCC - Palaeolithic Figurines (introduction)

Adricultural Revolution

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AGRICULTURAL ORIGINS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
The Spread of Agriculture
The Eloquent Bones of Abu Hureyra
THE WORST MISTAKE IN HISTORY
The Domestication of Plants and Animals - the Agricultural Revolution
Women and Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
Age of Food Producers

 

 

Early Man
Prehistoric Technology
Paleolithic Revolution
Neanderthals
Flints and Stones
Neandertals: A Cyber Perspective
The Life & Times of Early Man

 

 


Mesopotamia

Art

Mesopotamia Art & Archeology
EAWC Image Index: The Near East

Medicine

MEDICINE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
History of Mesopotamian Medicine

Law

Hammurabi's Code of Laws
The Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi Lesson

Religion

The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ
Sumerian Mythology FAQ
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamian Gods
The Enuma Elish
The Epic of Gilgamesh

Cities

Mysteries of Çatalhöyük
FOCUS on CATAL HOYUK
Çatalhöyük

 
 
 
Mesopotamia/Unit #3
Lesson: Mesopotamia (Women in World History Curriculum)
The History of Plumbing (Babylonia)
Ancient Sumerians
Ziggurats
Near East
Write Like a Babylonian
Mesopotamia - Main Page
EAWC: The Ancient Near East
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia Index

 

 


Egypt

History

Ancient Egyptian History
The Ancient Egypt Site: History
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Chronology
Egypt: History - Pharaonic Dynasties

Net Activities

Welcome to EgyptWorld
Royal Ontario Museum - Ancient Egyptian Quiz
Egyptian Scavenger Hunt
Hatsepshut's Revenge
Find the Pharaoh's name!

Nile

Ancient Egypt - Introduction: The Nile
Bounty of Black Earth
The River Nile
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Geography
Geography & Agriculture
The Natural World
Basin Irrigation in Egypt

Mummification

Clickable Mummy
Paankhenamun
Royal Ontario Museum - The Faces of Djed
Death in Ancient Egypt
TI AMENY NET
economy frame
Funerary Customs
Death and Burial Customs
Mummification

Religion

Egyptian Mythology
Book of the Dead
The Virtual Temple
Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
Gods of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica: Egyptian mythology
Egyptian Gods: Summaries
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Religion of Ancient Egypt
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Religion
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Architecture - Temples
Gods and Religion
List of Gods
Priest Caste
Temple of Karnak
The Ancient Egyptian Religion
The Gods of Egypt

Pyramids

Pyramids -- The Inside Story
Pyramids
Pyramids of Giza
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Architecture - Pyramids
Dahshur
The Red Pyramid
Saqqara
The Great Pyramid
Pyramid of Khafre
Pyramid of Menkaura
The Construction of the Pyramids
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Djoser Complex
Meidum
The pyramid of Djedefre
Abu Sir - Land of the Forgotten Pyramids
The Ancient Egypt Site: Saqqara

Sphinx

The SPHINX Group -- Ancient Tunnel Discovered in Sphinx
The SPHINX Group -- Thesis
Redating the Sphinx
Guardian's Sphinx
Sphinx
Interview with Zahi Hawass

Hieroglyphics

Ancient Egyptian Language Email List
A Short Introduction to Hieroglyphs
Royal Ontario Museum - Hieroglyphic alphabet
Reading Hieroglyphs - The First Steps
Champollion's Notes
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Writing
The Story of the Rosetta Stone
The Language of Ancient Egypt
Basic Lessons in Hieratic
A Little Egyptian Reading Book

Lifestyle

The History of Plumbing - Egypt
Marriage
Education and Learning in Ancient Egypt
Dress, Adornment, Body Care
DailyLife in Ancient Egypt
Daily Life
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
Excursis III: The Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society
Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt
Women in Egypt
Life by the Nile

Pharoahs

Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut - The Woman Who Was King
Hatshepsut: The Queen who would be King

Ahkenaten

The People of The Amarna Period
The Akhet-Aten Home Page
Ahkenaten
Akhenaton: Ancient Revolutionary
Akhet Internet

King Tut

tut page
The death of Pharaoh
Guardian's King Tut
Howard Carter's Diaries I
Howard Carter's Diaries II
Tutankhamun
At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
TUTANKHAMEN
CMCC - Mysteries of Egypt - Tutankhamun
Tomb Treasures

 
Who's Who in Ancient Egypt
Egypt: History - Pharaonic Dynasties
Egyptian Kings
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Government
Dynasties - Old Kingdom
Dynasties - The Middle Kingdom
Dynasties The New Kingdom
Thutmose III - The Napoleon of Ancient Egypt
Rameses II

Art

Art And Statues
The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
MFA - An Ancient Egyptian Exhibit
EGYPT: ART
Egypt and Art
Visuals and Images
Conservation
Gateway to Egyptian Art
Egyptian Art
Egyptian Artisans

Archeology

Odyssey in Egypt
NOVA Online | Treasures of the Sunken City
Secrets of the lost tomb
EGYPT: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
Egyptological fieldwork directory
Theban Mapping Project
Conservation
Egyptian Archeology - Valley of the Kings
The Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep

Nubia

Nubia
Ancient Nubia
Nubia: The Land Upriver

Medicine

History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Medicine in Ancient Egypt
For Every Malady Cure

 

 

Mysteries of the Nile
Military
CMCC - Egyptian civilization - Sciences
Historical Astrology In Egypt
Land Of The Pharaoh
Pilgrimage to Abydos
Egypt and the Ancient Near East for Young People and Teachers

 

 


Agean

Minoans

Arhaeological Sites
Downfall of Minoan
Crete Island : Herakleion Prefecture : Knossos
Crete Island : Minoan Period
----- MINOAN CIVILIZATION, BRONZE AGE CULTURE IN CRETE, GREECE -----
THE MINOAN COSTUME
Knossos
Birthplace of Greece


Mycenaens

The Trojan War Myth in Ancient Art
Treking to Troy
Troy

Mycenean
 
 

The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean

Minoa, Mycenae, and the Greek Dark Ages
Minos and Agamemnon

 

 
 
 


Greece

General Sources

EAWC: Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Civilizations: Greece and Rome
The Ancient Greek World - Land and Time Index
Ancient Greek Civilizations
Perseus Project Home Page
HELLAS:NET
Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Links

Philosophy

Plato for the Young Inquirer
Philosophical Resources

Economy

ANCIENT ATHENS' Economy
The Ancient Greek World - Economy

Warfare

Greeks versus Persians
HWC, The Persian Wars
Greek Military History
Warfare in the Greek World
HWC, The Peloponnesian War
War
Peloponnesian war
Ancient Greek Infantry
HELLAS:NET - War

Ships

Ancient Navigation and Shipbuilding in the Greek and Roman World
Ships of the Ancient Greeks

Olympics

The Olympics
THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHENS, 1896
The History of the Olympic Games
The Ancient Olympics
Olympia
Sparta
Materials for the study of Ancient Sparta

Spartan Conception of Freedom
Kings of Sparta
Lycurgus' Reforms
Lycurgus - Lawgiver of Sparta

Athens

How Democratic Was Athens?
The Age of Pericles
Athene, Acropolis
Solon: a legislator and reformer in Ancient Athens
The Ancient City of Athens

Lifestyle

Daily Life Ancient Greece
THE COSTUME IN ANCIENT GREECE
The Ancient Greek World - Daily Life Index

Mythology

gods

Gods and Goddesses
The Greek Panthenon
The Olympian Gods
Gods
The Olympians

Heroes

Hercules
Greek Heroes
Heroes

Homer

Homer
The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad by Homer
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

 
Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Monsters & Creatures
Mythological Groups
Classical Mythology
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Mythweb = Greek Mythology
EAWC Quiz: Greek Mythology
The Ancient Greek World - Religion and Death
Encyclopedia Mythica - Gallery: Greek mythology
MythNET

Alexander

The Great Homepage of Alexander
Alexander the Great
Brownie's Homepage on Alexander
Alexander the Great
HWC, Alexander the Great
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Article: Alexander's Epic March
Alexander's Tomb

Hellenistic Civilization

Hellenic Alexandria
Hellenistic Civilization
ROMAN TIMES / BYZANTIUM
The Pharos of Alexandria

Art & Architecture

HELLAS:NET - Acropolis
Temple Architecture
The PARTHENON
Greek Art and Architecture
DIA: Galleries: Ancient Art - Greece

Medicine

Ancient Medicine: Homer, Hippocrates, Galen, and Vesalius
Medicine of Ancient Greece
Hippocrates:The Greek Miracle

 
 
 
 
Drama Resources
Classical Atlas Project
Greek Mathematics
The Internet Classics Archive

 

 


Rome

Latin

Latin Language
Latin Texts

Maps

Classical Atlas Project
Rome: Map of the Empire
Maps of the Roman World in the First Century C.E.

Politics

Rome: From Republic to Empire
Rome: Political Resources
Roman Government

Decline and Fall

Peoples of the Dark Ages
Why Rome Fell
Tribal Migrations
Best of Gibbon's Decline and Fall

Art & Architecture

Rome
Picture Index
Roman Art and Architecture
Rome
Roman Architecture

Pompeii

Pompeii Uncovered
Map of the Forum at Pompeii
Vesuvius, Italy

Life

Roman Life
Age, Gender and Status Divisions at Mealtime in the Roman House
Antique Roman Dishes - Collection
Romans at Work and Play
The Roman Orgy
Antique Roman Dishes - Collection
Romanae Antiquae
A Taste of the Ancient World: Introduction
Ancient Rome Daily Life
Roles of Men, Women, and Children in Rome
Engagement and Marriage
Daily Life

Entertainment

The Historical Coliseum
Roman Public Entertainment
The Truth about Roman Games
Ancient Baths Resource Site

Medicine

Etruscan & Roman Medicine
Ancient Medicine: Homer, Hippocrates, Galen, and Vesalius
Antiqua Medicina: Women In Medicine
Antiqua Medicina: Surgery
MIDWIVES AND MATERNITY CARE

Emperors

Justin Paola's collection of Roman Emperors
EAWC Quiz: Roman Emperors
Caesar in Britain
Crazy Caesars of Rome
The Roman Empire
Roman Emperors - Constantine
Augustus Caesar - First Roman Emperor
The Biographies

Military

Roman Fortifications
Imperial Battle Map Index
Units of the Roman Army
Military History of the Roman State
Warfare in the Roman World
Roman Arms & Armour
Ancient Roman Miltary
The Roman Military
Rome: Military Resources
The Glory the was Rome
Beginner's Guide to Roman Arms & Armour
Roman Army

Religion

Mythological Groups
Early Christianity
Villa of Mysteries
Mystery Religions in the Roman Empire
Rome: Religious Resources
Dictionary of Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica - Gallery: Roman mythology
From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians
Gods and Goddesses

 

 

Roman Coins and Roman History
Civilizations: Greece and Rome
The Romans
Learning to Read Rome's Ruins
Time Line of Roman History
Rome: Homepage
The Etruscans - Ancient Civilization in Italy
The FORUM ROMANUM - exploring an ancient market place
EAWC: Ancient Rome
Rome

 

 


Byzantium

Constantinople
Warfare in the Byzantine World
Military History of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Fortifications
Byzantium
Ancient Medicine: Homer, Hippocrates, Galen, and Vesalius
Constantinople--Home
Byzantium: The Byzantine Studies Page
Royal Ontario Museum - Gallery of Byzantine Art
Byzantine and Medieval Studies Links
The Ottomans

 

 
 
 
 


Islam

Mecca Pilgrimage Lesson
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
History of Islamic Medicine
Islamic and Arabic arts and architecture
Isfahan Home Page
EAWC: Early Islam
Islam

 

 
 
 


Medieval Europe

General Sources

EAWC: Medieval Europe
The European Middle Ages
Intro to Medieval History
ORB -- Index
Labyrinth Home Page
Medieval Timeline
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
Medieval Sourcebook: Introduction

Anglo-Saxons

Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon Living History 400 - 900 AD
Anglo-Saxon Culture
Old English Pages

Marriage

Medieval/Renaissance Wedding Information
DOWRY OF THE 12TH CENTURY.
Marriage in the Middle Ages II
More Marriage in the Middle Ages
Marriage in the Middle Ages
Marriage and Christianity
The Medieval Marriage Ceremony
Love and Marriage
Private Marriages
Vows
Marriage in Medieval Times
The Good Wife

Women

Women's Clothing in the Middle Ages
Domestic Violence in the Middle Ages
Woman's Contact with the Outside World
Illicite Trades of the Middle Ages
Courtly Love & Prostitutes
Clothing Makes the Woman
Sexual Initiation
Maids
Were Medieval Women Really Uneducated?
Responsibilities of Housewives
Working women in the Middle Ages
THE MEDIEVAL MIDWIFE: The School of Trotula.
Autonomy in Medieval Women as Depicted by Chaucer
Wet Nurses
HERESY: Who, When, and Why?
Prostitutes in the Middle Ages
Female ale brewers of the Middle Ages
Medieval Women
The Turning From a Girl to a Woman
Friendships With the Opposite Sex

Lifestyle

The Middle Ages: Feudal Life
"Christmas in the Middle Ages
Rape
Medieval Thoughts on Sleep
Infanticide
Medieval Advice on Preserving Health
Medieval Festival Feasts
Medieval Contraceptive Potions and Other Strange
childhood
Medieval Manners
The Main Characteristics of Courtly Love
Feasting and Fasting in Medieval England
The Medieval Childhood
Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe by James Brundage

Black Death

Black Death--- A Biological Perspective
The Black Death
The Plague

Food

Master Huen's Boke of Gode Cookery
COLLECTION: Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes

Architecture

Medieval Architecture
Medieval England Architecture

Vikings

The Viking Home Page, Viking topics (links)
The Viking Network Web
The World of the Vikings
VIKING Ornamentation Styles
Viking Footwear!
Viking Status
Status, Wealth and Trade in the Viking Age
Encyclopedia Mythica: Norse mythology.
Viking Map
THE VIKINGS
Vikings in America
The Vikings: They Got Here First, But Why Didn't
Norse Expansion into North America
The Vikings - Article
The Norse Storm

Castles

THE MEDIEVAL MANOR
Castles of the World
Castles on the Web
The Castles of Wales

Military

Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
William Wallace "Braveheart"
The Arador Armour Library
Britannia's Battle of Hastings Homepage
Bayeux Tapestry

Crusades

Knights Templar
The Crusades
The Crusades

Church

Mystery and Miracle Plays by Josh Stolaroff
How To Make Your Very Own Illuminated Manuscript.....
Anglo-Saxon England
ST. BENEDICT
Monastic Studies
The Rise of Christianity
CROSS VERSUS CROWN
"The Mary Gardens" by Janay Miller
NetSERF: Medieval Religion

 
 
 
Charlemagne
Medieval Universities
Feudalism
Guilds and Commerce
Medieval France Home Page
Scottish History from ScotWeb

 

 
 
 


Renaissance

Florence
The Renaissance!
1492 Exhibit
Virtual Renaissance
The Early Modern / The Italian Renaissance
LEONARDO DA VINCI
RENAISSANCE FOR WHOM?

 

 
 
 


Reformation

The Protestant Reformation
Project Wittenberg
Discovery and Reformation
Martin Luther and the Reformation
Mystics and Heretics
The Catholic Reformation

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Mezo-America

Maya/Inca

Aztec

Aztec
Teotihuacan Home Page
AZTEC History: Reference

Inca

Atahualpa, Pizarro and the Fall of the Inca Empire
Ancient Civilizations of the Andes
Royal Llama of the Inka
Ice Treasures of the Inca @ nationalgeographic.com
The Quipu, an Incan Data Structure
Talking Knots of the Inka
Qosqo, Inkas' Sacred Capital (Cusco, Peru)
PERU: Ancient Inca Irrigation Works Restored To Raise Record Crops
Empire of the Incas
Ancient technologies
Peru History
Virtual Galápagos: History - Ecuador’s History
The Empire of the Incas
Inca
INCA
The Civilization of the Incas
Inca
NOVA Online/Ice Mummies of the Inca
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
A Brief Introduction to the Inca Empire

Maya

Maya World
The world of the mayan culture...
CMCC - Mystery of the Maya
Maya
The world of the mayan culture...
CMCC - Mystery of the Maya
The ancient Mayan civilization of Mesoamerica
World of the Ancient Maya
Amsterdam Maya Projects
Maya Art
Tour of Chichen Itza
Maya Ruins
Maya Civilization--Past & Present
Maya-Archaeology
Archaeology of the ancient Mayan civilization of Mesoamerica
Mayan Writing
Encyclopedia Mythica: Mayan mythology.
Introduction to the Mayan Calendar
Hieroglyphs and History at Copán
The Maya Astronomy Page
Maya - Writing
Rabbit In The Moon: Mayan Glyphs And Architecture
Maya History
Welcome to Maya Adventure!
Images of the Maya
Mayan Culture - Primary Sources
Ancient Maya

 

 
 
 

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