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Ancient Societies:

§Mesopotamia Sumerian

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ good general page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wksHEDgBRnM Utube Mesopotamia

http://www.crystalinks.com/mesopotamia.html good timeline and some images

http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/gilgamesh/images/gilgameshseal.htm Gilgamesh image

http://mr.hw-regional.k12.ma.us/photogalleries/semiticphotogallery/semiticphotogallery-Pages/Image0.html Hammurabi’s stone pillar

http://www.hope.edu/bandstra/RTOT/CH3/CH3_F5.JPG top of pillar

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM Code of Hammurabi

http://www.hawaii.edu/ahead/Iraq%20General/mesopotamia.jpg map of Iraq today and Mesopotamia

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eatlas/europe/interactive/map25.html good interactive map of babylon and its successor empires

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/maps/mesopotamia_turkey.htm another, political, map

http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/highlights/meso.htmlbest site with art work and interpretation of it

http://iws.ccccd.edu/Andrade/WorldLitI2332/SlidesofMesopotamia.html beautiful images, reconstructions, art, and Hammurabi’s head

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html women in Mesopotamia

http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/maul/cuneiform/big_01.jpg cuneifrom tablet

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/uea.html art & pottery

http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/index.html cool site on math

http://www.cultureofiran.com/ancient_medicine.php cool site on medicine

http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/mesopotamia.html sex in Mesopotamia, including an interesting cult

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/wine/winemesopotamia.html wine

§Mesopotamia Egyptian

http://www.molon.de/galleries/Egypt/NatMuseum/TutObjects/img.php?pic=30 Pharoah

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/animal_gallery_01.shtml sacred animals

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html great interactive time line
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ good site with lots of images
http://www.crystalinks.com/isis.html Isis story and imagery

http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/women_in_ancient_egypt.htm Women in ancient Egypt—images and explorations of various aspects of women’s status and power

http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/ Great site with great information and images by topic, especially good on social history

http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/MIRE/Introduction/AncientEgypt/AncientEgypt.html

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/music.htm Egyptian music

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/music.htm Egyptian song and dance

§Indian

http://www.india-history.com/ancient-india/index.html Six maps, from 500 BCE to 9th century CE

http://www.harappa.com/indus/indus1.html timeline, slideshow of the Indus

http://www.yogaworld.org/yogas.htm

http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/index.htm Ramayana itself

http://www.indhistory.com/ramayana.html Ramayana story summary

§Chinese

http://historylink101.com/china/china_maps.htm

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx-x7BrgjSA--early Chinese technology

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/444268/ancient_chinese_musical_instruments/ ancient Chinese musical instruments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eiVcQYpfq4--adaptation of Chinese ancient medicine

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html#Historical%20Illustrations technology from ancient China

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/xia.html Xia dynasty and images

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/shang.html Shang map and other information

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/zhou.html Zhou dynasty map and other information

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/early_imperial_china/qin.html Chin/Qin map and images

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/early_imperial_china/han.html Han map and images

http://www2.uiuc.edu/unit/ATAM/archaeometallurgy/chimir.html

mirrors

http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/gerryr.htm early bronze art illustrating harmonious design

http://www.users.bigpond.com/wernerschmidlin/ancientchina.html Shang and tang bronze objects of beauty and complexity

http://www.taijichinesemedicine.com/TCMhistory.htm Ancient doctors profiled

http://home.cfl.rr.com/crossland/AncientCivilizations/Ancient_China/ancient_china.html basic images

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01780/clothing/ancient-textile-technology/index.htm silkworm weaving

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/chinese-music.htm Chinese ancient musical instruments

http://www.emusic.com/album/10898/10898127.html music

http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/zodiac.html Chinese zodiac

http://www.crystalinks.com/confucianism.html Confucious himself

http://home.debitel.net/user/wulf.dieterich/laozi.htm Laozi

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confucius/ Confucius bio and social/political thought

http://www.friesian.com/confuci.htm Confucian thought graphics and calligraphy

§Mayan

THE ADVENTURES OF THE MAYA HERO TWINS HUNAHPU & XBALANQUE Maya background and story of two twins who became sun and moon

Classical Societies:

§Minoans & Persians

http://www.ancientpersia.com/res_f.htm Women in ancient Persia

§Greeks

http://www.greeklandscapes.com/maps/ancient_greece.html nice map of Ancient Greece

http://www.greeklandscapes.com/greece_ancient.html nice images, including Acropolis and theatres

http://www.greece.org/gr-lessons/gr-english/Gif/script.gif Greek alphabet

http://www.eyeconart.net/history/ancient/greece.htm nice look at evolution of Greek art

http://www.historylink102.com/greece3/index.htm daily life in ancient Greece, not many images but good basic information

http://www.livius.org/ho-hz/homosexuality/homosexuality.html homosexuality in Greece

http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/socr.htm intro to Socrates with a handsome bust

http://pressurecooker.phil.cmu.edu/quotes-pics/socrates.jpg Socrates image

http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/plat.htm intro to Plato with handsome image

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Quotations/Plato.html quotations by Plato

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/#PlaPuz Plato’s philosophies well treated

http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aristotl.htm good intro to Aristotle and a handsome bust

http://users.otenet.gr/~tzelepisk/yc/olymp.htm Olympics sites today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtY6t_-z7b8 Greek creation with Gaia, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0DbF-cmoRc Gods and Goddesses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pE_JGOM4Ec Greek Theatre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSaGjZKmEag ancient Greek music with current scenes of the waters and islands

http://www.sappho.com/poetry/sappho.html Bio and poetry

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/PLATO.HTM Plato's ideas and his divided line theory

§Romans

http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMAPS.html best map resources

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/509038/Romulus-and-Remus Remus and Romulus

http://aftercheese.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/romulus_remus101.jpg pig suckling the twins

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/worlds_intertwined/roman/domestic.shtml all sorts of cultural information
http://www.livius.org/ei-er/emperors/emperors01.html emperors
http://www.projectshum.org/Ancient/rome.html Map of the ancient Roman Empire

http://www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html timeline that goes into fascinating detail on some key events in Roman history

http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html Great general page with lots of interesting links

http://www.crystalinks.com/romelaw.html cool look at govt. and class structures

http://www.eyeconart.net/history/ancient/rome.htm Roman architecture and art

http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_maps/Ancient_Roman_Maps.htm Roman use of maps

http://www.coinsoftime.com/CotImages/Roman_Emperor_Poster_large.jpg Roman emperors on coins—quite a lineup

http://www.mariamilani.com/colosseum/colosseum_Ancient%20Roman%20amphitheaters.htm

amphitheatres, circuses, colesseum and the differences between them

http://www.crystalinks.com/romehomes.html Roman homes for plebians

http://www.furniturestyles.net/ancient/roman/ Roman furniture

http://www.augustus.to/coin/ZN_e_republic.html Ancient Roman coinage with emperors’ faces

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/images.html#ex1 Variety of Byzantium imagery

http://www.doaks.org/ByzImages/byzartLREB.html art imagery

http://www.goarch.org/en/multimedia/audio/ totally cool chants

http://www.goarch.org/ Greek Orthodox Church in US today

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHearlyeurope.html#celtic Scythian, Celtic, Iron-Age Europe, Anglo-Saxon and Viking art

Post-Classical Societies

§Islam

§The Silk Road

http://www.orexca.com/page/silkroad.php--good map with good geographical explanations

http://www.theorientalcaravan.com/images/silk_road/mapasia.jpg maps showing mountain ranges

http://www.crystalinks.com/silkroad.html map with Silk Sea Routes also

http://www.geoex.com/destinations/destination.asp?DestinationID=133 modern Silk Route expeditions

http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/silkroad/eof.html modern archeology tackles the Silk Road as a way to reunite and re-vision Eurasia

http://www.chinaplanner.com/silkroad/intro/srd_fowd.htm crossing a Silk Route desert

http://www.silk-road-china.com/picture.htm photos of the route and some of the peoples

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/asia_pac_khiva0_a_silk_road_oasis/html/1.stm image of the city of Khiva

http://www.johomaps.com/as/china/xinjiang/travel/photos05/turpan.htm sandstone buildings and shrines, some people

http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/uzbeksite/exhibition.htmlUzbekistan objects from Silk Road trade

http://www.search.com/reference/Greco-Buddhism Greco-Roman Buddha

http://www.crystalinks.com/chinacaves.html Dunhaung grottos

http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/clickup/silk.html marketplace in China today that could have been 1000 years ago

http://www.warriortours.com/cityguides/xian/ History of Xianhttp://bp1.blogger.com/_XJDL7Jxu7hk/Ro5r3_lqjNI/AAAAAAAAAJw/LTyAi_NJN3U/s1600-h/Temujin+proclaimed+Chinggis+Khan+with+his+sons+Ogedei+and+Jochi+on+hisrright..jpg

image of CHengis Khan and his sons

http://www.asianart.com/mongolia/3.html

silver implements

http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/Pictures2/ul43.jpg

Mongol rulers

http://medieval2.heavengames.com/m2tw/history/historical_battles_folder/kalka_river_folder/index.shtml

Mongol battle scenes

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/history/history.htm

a history site that addresses the stereotypes and gives a good overview

http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num1/7_bactrian.php

camels

http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/genghis/10.html#Mongolia:TheLegacyofChinggisKhan

groundbreaking exhibit on Mongolia that began to dispel stereotypes

§China

http://gallery.sjsu.edu/oldworld/asiangate/chinesetombs/tomb-home-page.htm

Great introduction to Qin, Tang, and Song dynasties through their tombs and short summaries of their characteristics, with maps and imagery

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html#Maps

Historical and contemporary maps, very helpful, with Tang and Song included.

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html#Archeology

excellent imagery in art, technology, and customs from Han, Tang, and Song dynasties

http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1deasia.htm

Korean history, images to come

http://www.taleofgenji.org/japanese_temples.html

Intro to Japanese Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, and the history behind them

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5673/history.htm
Intro to history, with lovely stringed music playing
§Polynesia

http://www.scubalinx.com/oceania_map.html Oceania map

http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/people/_maps/Polynesia.jpg-- Polynesia map

http://www.pakahiki.com/polynesia/history-of-ancient-polynesia/ expansion history with maps

http://www.janeresture.com/voyaging/main.htm ancient Polynesian history and images

http://www.janeresture.com/polyhome/index.htm Polynesian culture and lots of images
http://www.janeresture.com/tahiti/index.htm images of Tahiti today
§Holy Roman Empire and Europe
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/colbeck/medieval_europe_13_century.jpg Nice map with some very surprising contents showing medieval Europe
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html Knights, nuns, merchants, peasants

http://eawc.evansville.edu/mepage.htm important documents of the period

http://www.medievalphotos.com/gallery42/index.html

http://www.greatcastlesofwales.co.uk/ very cool castles
http://www.costumes.org/history/racinet/midage5.jpg Knights’ costumes