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Ancient China

Ancient Sumeria

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Egypt

Ancient India

 

General Resources

Ancient History General

Languages

Pre-History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient China

Art Along the Silk Road

Shows the influence of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam

 

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Ancient Sumeria

Ancient Sumer Daily Life

A neat site that gives information about many aspects of Sumerian life, including women, art, religion, commerce, etc.

Ancient Sumeria

A good site that covers the writing, history, and cities of Ancient Sumeria.

Sumeria: First in Many Things

An outstanding site especially designed for students in middle school. It covers most topics about Sumer.

The History of Ancient Sumer

The History of Ancient Sumeria (Sumer) including its cities, laws, clothing, kings, religions, culture and contributions, etc. This site is maintained by the World History Center --a credible organization of College Professors.

 

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Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia

This website tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia now present-day Iraq — a story shared by all humans.

Ancient Mesopotamia

A middle school teacher created website about general facts about Mesopotamia.

Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall

Explore the collapse of four ancient civilizations, including Mesopotamia. Are there common reasons for such collapses? Written in student friendly text with links to related and valuable resources.

Mesopotamia

A neat site about all aspects of daily life in Mesopotamia.

 

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Ancient Egypt

Egypt

Explore Ancient Egypt's mysteries and lore.

Inside Story of the Pyramids

Explore the ancient pyramids through text, video, diagrams, and photographs.

Journey Into a Mummy

Travel through the many layers of the mummy of Nesperennub.

Ancient History (BBC)

This page has in-depth articles, multimedia (games, virtual tours and animations), timelines, and short biographies of historic figures.

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Discover the secrets of Egypt’s most fascinating ruler in this museum exhibit.

Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Egyptians Multimedia Website ..

This beautifully designed site on Ancient Egypt explores 3000 years of history through photos and clear brief text. Information on history, the City of the Dead, and language are featured on the homepage. There is a keyword search to a wealth of other information.

Royal Ontario Museum: Ancient Egypt

This is an extensive look at the people, traditions and architecture of Ancient Egypt. Great aid for preparing school reports

 

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Ancient India

Ancient India (British Museum)

This site contains information about ancient India through pictures and text.

Buddha

Text and photographs about Buddha and Buddhism

Ramayana

Read one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.

Shiva and Hinduism

An overview of Shiva with an explanation of Hinduism

 

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General Resources

Web Chronology Project

This contains a series of linked timelines that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural history from ancient to modern times.

From Prehistory to the 21st Century

Very clear explanations of historical events throughout time plus a great set of printable maps

Hyperhistory Online

An expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive lifelines, timelines, and maps

 

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Ancient History--General

Food From Ancient Times

This site describes how some fruits and vegetables were used during ancient and modern times.

The Food Timeline

This fascinating site gives the history of specific foods from ancient to modern times.

 

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Languages

Write your name in Exotic Languages

This site shows how to write names in ancient languages.

 

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Pre-History

Pre-History: An Exhibition

Provides an introduction to both anthropology and archaeology

Prehistoric Man

Covers the three million year evolution of humans

Early Man

Index of human fossil finds alphabetically, by type, and by location

 

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Updated September 4, 2009