History 201 Ancient History

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Course Texts:

D. Brendan Nagle,The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History (Fifth Editon, 2002)

Nels M. Bailkey, Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilgamesh to St. Augustine (Fifth Edition, 1996)

Syllabus

Lab Assignments

Readings

  • Reading About the World, Vol. I
  • World Civilizations Reader (WSU)
  • EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
  • The Tech: Classics Archive at MIT
  • Ancient History Sourcebook
  • Internet Medieval Sourcebook

    Other Courses

  • Exploring Ancient World Cultures (The University of Evansville)
  • World Cultures to 1500 (Washington State University)

    Maps

  • Classical Atlas Project

    Ancient

  • Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents NEW!
  • Ancient World Web
  • Links to History of the Ancient Middle East
  • Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
  • Amphoras Project

    Mesopotamia

  • THE NORTHWEST PALACE OF ASHUR-NASIR-PAL II AT NIMRUD NEW!
  • ABZU Regional Index: Mesopotamia
  • The Code of Hammurabi
  • Ancient Near Eastern Images (U. of Evansville)
  • Ancient Economics (Morris Silver)
  • Counting in Babylon (Physics Lecture - UVa)
  • Bibliography of Mesopotamian Mathematics (Oxford U.)
  • Brown, Arthur. Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh U. of Evansville)
  • Babylonia (The Catholic Encyclopedia)
  • Recommended Reading Ancient Mesopotamia (Oriental Institute)
  • Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia

    Egypt

  • Duke Papyrus Archive
  • University of Michigan Papyrus Collection
  • Papyri Links
  • The Book of the Dead
  • ABZU Regional Index: Ancient Egypt
  • Egyptology Resources
  • The Great Pyramid(Great Buildings Online)

    Ancient Israel

  • History (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • The Temple Mount in Jerusalem(Lambert Dolphin and Michael Kollen)
  • Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit

    Greece

  • Ancient Greek Sites on the Web
  • Resources for Greek and Latin Classics (Library of Congress)
  • Perseus Project
  • The Ancient Greek World
  • National Archaeological Museum of Athens
  • The Parthenon
  • Hellenic Ministry of Culture
  • Diotima's Images of Women in the Ancient World
  • Greek Civilization Homepage (Portland State U)
  • Parthenon Marbles
  • Maecenas Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
  • The Ancient City of Athens
  • GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY
  • A Geological Companion to Ancient Greece
  • The Ancient Greek World(U of Pennsylvania)
  • WWW Classics Greek
  • Interactive Ancient Mediterranean
  • Pericles' Funeral Oration
  • The Melian Debate(415 B.C.)

    Plato

  • Plato and his dialogues
  • Last Days of Socrates - includes scenes from the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.

    Aristotle

  • Classics 303 Greek Intellectual History, U of Oregon

    Drama

  • Greek Mythology Link (Brown University)
  • Trojan War
  • Agamemnon
  • Antigone
  • Perseus Project
  • Greek Theater
  • Introduction to Greek Stagecraft (Warwick U)
  • Greek Drama (Amherst)
  • Greek Drama and Culture (Temple U.)
  • Greek Drama Terms (Temple U.)
  • Sophocles
  • An Exploration of Oedipus
  • Oedipus
  • Greek Drama (Emory U)

    Rome

  • Ancient Source Book Rome
  • Forum Romanum
  • Map of the Roman Empire
  • Roman Board Games
  • Museum of Ancient Shipping
  • Lake Nemi Roman Ship Reconstruction Project ??
  • Ancient Roman Coins
  • Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Roman Law
  • Slavery in the Roman Empire(John Madden, University College Galway)
  • Pompeii Forum Project(IATH)
  • Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome(IATH)

    Early Christians

  • The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity(IATH)
  • Ancient Source Book Christianity
  • Palestine in the Time of Jesus(K. C. Hanson and Douglas E. Oakman)
  • The Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism
  • The Christian Catacombs of Rome
  • Jesus Seminar
  • Crucifixion in Antiquity
  • The Roman Piso Page (Claims the New Testament written by Roman Nobles)
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