Ancient Civilizations

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Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, Sumerians and Vikings

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These links are purchased databases (citations provided for you.)

You can use these to research all of the ancient civilizations and the Middle Ages:

ABC-CLIO: (Password and user name are studentpass22)

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras:

Britannica Online:

http://school.eb.com.proxy.elm4you.org/

Gale Discovering Collection (citation at bottom of articles):

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=mnkspps

Gale Group Student Edition (citation at bottom of articles):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/k12/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_STO?sw_aep=mnkspps

Gale Student Resources in Context (citation at bottom of articles):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnkspps?db=SRC-1

Gale Virtual Reference Library (You cannot back out of this website and return to the Pathways webpage. Keep this database in a separate window):

http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=stpaulps

Salem Press History:

http://www.history.salempress.com/

The following websites are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

Ancient Civilizations:

The following websites can be used to research several or all of the ancient civilizations:

Answers.com: Caution: this site uses Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia which accepts information from anyone, so search results must be carefully evaluated:

http://www.answers.com

LII (Librarians' Internet Index):

http://lii.org

University of Minnesota Duluth Prehistoric Cultures - Ancient Civilizations:

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pccivil.html

The following websites are for specific cultures and civilizations:

Ancient China:

British Museum - Ancient China:

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html

Historylink101 - Ancient China:

http://historylink101.com/china_history.htm

Historyteacher.net - China, Early History:

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/China_EarlyHistory.htm

Kidipede - historyforkids.org - China:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china

Minnesota State University Mankato's e-Museum - Ancient China:

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/timeline.html#ancient

University of Maryland - Ancient Dynasties:

http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/ancient1.html

Virginia Tech - Contributions of Ancient China:

http://chumby.dlib.vt.edu/melissa/posters/china.pdf

Ancient Egypt:

The Best of History Websites: Egypt

http://besthistorysites.net/index.php/ancient-biblical-history/egypt

British Museum - Ancient Egypt

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html:

The Ancient Egypt Site:

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

BBC History: Ancient History > Egyptians:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

Dr Zahi Hawass: Valley of the Mummies

http://www.guardians.net/hawass/mummy-main.htm

Discovering Ancient Egypt by Mark Millmore:

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/

Life in Ancient Egypt:

http://www.watson.org/~leigh/egypt.html

Virtual Fieldtrip of the Giza Plateau as it appeared 2500 BC: (from own computer only):

http://giza3d.3ds.com/#discover

Ancient Greece:

Ancient Greece:

http://ancientgreece.com

British Museum - Ancient Greece:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk

Fordham University - Ancient Greece:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html

History for Kids – Ancient Greece:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks

History Link – Ancient Greece:

http://www.historylink102.com/greece3/index.htm

Historyteacher.net - Ancient Greece:

http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroCiv/Weblinks/Weblinks-1-AncientGreece.htm

Images of Ancient Greece and Rome from the University of Buffalo:

http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas

Ancient India:

Ancient India – BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/india

British Museum - Ancient India:

http://www.ancientindia.co.uk

History of India: Ancient India – AcademicInfo website:

http://www.academicinfo.net/indiahistanc.html

Historyteacher.net - South Asia, Early History:

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/SoAsia_EarlyHistory.htm

Indus Civilization – Harappa website:

http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html

Monuments of India – Art and Archeology website:

http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/india.html

Timeline of India – Kamat’s Potpourri website:

http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/timeline/timeline.htm

Ancient Rome:

Ancient Rome:

Assassination of Julius Caesar - EyeWitness to History:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar2.htm *Downfall of Rome Images

Fordham University - Rome:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook09.html

* A Gazetteer of the Roman World:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/home.html

* Historyteacher.net - Ancient Rome:

http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroCiv/Weblinks/Weblinks-2-RomanWorld.htm

* The Illustrated History of the Roman Empire:

http://www.roman-empire.net

Julius Caesar - BBC's site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caesar_julius.shtml

Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon - EyeWitness to History:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar.htm

Julius Caesar historical background:

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caesar.html

Julius Caesar - The History Guide:

http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/caesar.html

A Portrait of Julius Caesar - EyeWitness to History:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar3.htm

Republican Rome - The History Guide:

http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture11b.html

Romans – BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans

Timeline - Caesar's Rome:

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romeh/html/timelines1.html

Sumerians:

British Museum - Writing (Cuneiform):

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html

Frank Smitha's Website - Sumerians:

http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch01.htm

Grand Valley State University - Sumerian Myths:

http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/SumerianMyth.htm

History for Kids - The Sumerians:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/sumerians.htm

Historyteacher.net's Crystalinks - Sumeria:

http://www.crystalinks.com/sumer.html

Historyteacher.net's Mindspring - Sumerian Religion:

http://www.mindspring.com/~mysticgryphon/religndx.htm

History World - Ancient Sumeria:

http://history-world.org/sumeria.htm

San Jose State University - Sacrifices in the Sumerian Culture:

http://gallery.sjsu.edu/sacrifice/sumerians.html

San Jose State University - Sumer:

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/sumer.htm

Vikings:

BBC - The Vikings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings

BBC Schools - The Vikings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings

42explore - The Vikings:

http://www.42explore2.com/viking.htm

Historyworld.net - History of the Vikings:

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab86

PBS - The Vikings (companion site to the 2 hour NOVA program):

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings

Regia Anglorum (Kingdoms of the English) - The Vikings:

http://www.regia.org/vikings.htm

Smithsonian - Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga:

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html

Suffolk College - Vikings:

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/vikings_during_mwp.html

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/end_of_vikings_greenland.html

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/decline_of_vikings_iceland.html

University of California Los Angeles - The Viking Site:

http://www.viking.ucla.edu

University of Pittsburgh - Viking Ship Homepage:

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ships.html

Vassar - Viking Resources for the Re-enactor:

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikresource.html

The Viking Network - Index:

http://www.viking.no/e/eindex.htm

Vikinganswerlady.com - General Info Page (look on left side for other topics) *cannot verify site's authenticity, but info looks good):

http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/VALGeneralInformation.shtml

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