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EUROPEAN HISTORY  - THE ANCIENT WORLD

 

Atlas of the Goddess Athena--the Minoan/Mycenaean period.  Fine illustrations of her temples at Athens and Troy.

Bureaucrats and Barbarians: Minoans,  Myceneans and and the Greek Dark Ages--well-developed website produced by Richard Hooker, Prof. at Washington State University.   Site is designed as a research textbook for an entire course; offers a rich collection of material.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures --Fine introduction to the ancient cultures of the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Islam, and Europe.  Produced by the University of Evansville.

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization --PBS site; includes in-depth analysis of five key Greeks: Cleisthenes, the founder of democracy in Athens; Themistocles, the creator of the Greek navy; Pericles, Athen's most famous ruler; Aspasia, the 'first lady' of Athens; and Socrates.  Includes information on theater, drama, literature, plastic arts.  To accompany video series.

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: a Think Quest site. --Student produced, content is better than spelling.  Includes texts, historical background, and mythology.

Interactive Ancient Mediterranean
    A map source.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
    Many primary sources.

Legal Texts--Ancient

Roman Empire in the First Century
    A PBS site from their series of the same name.

 

Last updated: September, 2008