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Web Sites
Alternative Theories of Ancient Times: http://www.atlantisrising.com/
Ancient & Medieval Searches: http://argos.com
(?)
Ancient Times: www.ancient-times.com
Ancient Urban Cities in India/Pakistan: Mohenjo-daro, http://www.mohenjodaro.net/. Harappa, http://www.harappa.com
The British Museum's
History of World Cultures: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html
Children--"History for Kids":
http://www.historyforkids.org
"Collapse"--Why do civilizations collapse?" http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
Encarta Encyclopedia
Online: http://encarta.msn.com
"Global Gateway--World Culture & Resources": www.loc.gov/international
Holidays: www.diversityatwork.com/div_calendar.html,
www.candlegrove.com (ancient origins), www.merry-christmas.com, www.akhlah.com/holidays/hanukkah/Hanukkah.asp,
www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org, www.ort.org/ort/hanukkah/index.html,
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm
(Christmas around the world),
Humanities: http://www.humanities-interactive.org
Humanities councils in individual states: http://www.neh.fed.us/whoweare/statecouncils.html
Humanities Texts (Books etc.): http://www.hti.umich.edu/,
Experiencing the Humanities
Humbal
Humanities Hub, United Kingdom: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/
Medical Humanities: http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/medhum.html
National Geographic magazine: http://nationalgeographic.com
NEH (National Endowment for the
Humanities--federal): http://www.neh.fed.us/
NEH subject list of humanities Web sites: http://edsitement.neh.gov/subject_categories_all.asp
Questia: http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=5&D=e7explrg
ThinkQuest Libraries, created by teachers & students: http://www.thinkquest.org/library.html
United Nations: http://www.un.org
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General: http://eawc.evansville.edu, http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html
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Art: See "ART."
Art--African, Los Angeles County Museum of Art:
http://www.lacma.org/collection/african.html
Art:
www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/archive/longsteps/default.htm
"Collapse"--Why do civilizations collapse?" http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
Creation Myths: See the major section
"MYTHOLOGY."
"Cycles--African Life Through Art": http://www.ima-art.org/cycles/.
Egyptian &
Saharan: http://www.mythinglinks.org/afr~egy~links.html
Gods & Goddesses: See the major section
"MYTHOLOGY."
Museum Collections about Ancient/Traditional Africa: See the major section
"MUSEUMS."
Mythology: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
National Museum of African Art: www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html
Sierra Leone, West Africa: Sierra Leone
Sub-Saharan: http://www.mythinglinks.org/afr~subsahara.html
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General: http://eawc.evansville.edu, http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html
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Arctic: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic
Art: See "ART."
Art--Los Angeles County Museum of Art:
http://www.lacma.org/collection/ancient-americas.html
Canada, Aboriginal Cultures: www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/
"Collapse"--Why do civilizations collapse?" http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
Creation Myths: See the major section
"MYTHOLOGY."
Folklore: www.americanfolklore.net
Gods & Goddesses: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Indian: See "Native American" immediately below.
Mesoamerican Cultures: http://www.mesoweb.com
Mexico, Aztecs & Maya: www.demon.co.uk/mexuk/meet-mex/,
www.mayaruins.com
Museum Collections about Ancient America: See the major section
"MUSEUMS."
Mythology: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Native American (American Indian): Photos of early Alaskan Indian dwellings. Field Museum: http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/our-collections (Click on "Anthropology," then "America," "Mesoamerica," "North America," or "South America.") Harvesting Hopi--www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/hopi/. Totem Poles: www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/totempoles.
The Sport of Life and Death--The Mesoamerican
Ballgame:
www.ballgame.org/main.asp
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General: www.ushistory.org, http://earlyamerica.com, http://greatbuildings.com
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American Treasures in the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
Arctic: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic
Ben Franklin: www.pbs.org/benfranklin,
www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm,
www.benfranklin2006.org, http://earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/chapt1
Canada, Aboriginal Cultures: www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/
Conquistadors: www.pbs.org/conquistadors/
Salem Witch
Hysteria: www.nationalgeographic.comn/features/97/salem.
Mesoamerican Ballgames: www.ballgame.org
Thanksgiving: www.plimoth.org/Library/Thanksgiving/firstT.htm
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General: http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/anthropology/collections (anthropology), http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/anthropology/cultural-anthropology/collections (cultural anthropology, ethnology)
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Textbook: See textbook chapter "Elements of the Arts" in the Web textbook Experiencing the Humanities.
General: www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html, http://www.greatbuildings.com, www.sacredsites.com
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7 Wonders of the Ancient World: www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwondersoftheworld.htm
Asian--Medieval/Ancient Chinese and Japanese: http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/architecture
Archeology: http://www.archaeology.org
Baroque (European): http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/splash.htm
Building through the Ages: www.dallashomebuilders.org/home-building-through-the-ages
Catacombs,
Christian: www.catacombe.roma.it/welcome.html
China, the Forbidden City: www.fieldmuseum.org/forbiddencity/
Chinese Home: http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/ (merchant's home built 200 years ago; now is in USA)
Cities, Sacred: www.pitara.com/magazine/features/online.asp?story=13
(Banaras the Eternal City), www.sacredsites.com/final40/613.html
(Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet), www.ptolomy.com/expedition/peru-history/machu-picchu1.html
(Machu Picchu), http://ali.sdc.uwo.ca/splendor3.html
(The Splendor of Persia)
Greek: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/acropolis.html
(Acropolis), www.geocities.com/selinunte.geo/doric/doric.html
(Doric Temple)
English Churches and Cathedrals:
http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/med.htm,
http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/med.htm (Durham Cathedral and Castle)
French Churches and Cathedrals: http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/chartrescath.htm
(Chartres)
Gothic Architecture: www.knight.org
Gothic Cathedrals: http://www.newyorkcarver.com/cathedrallinks.htm
India, Monuments: http://meadev.nic.in/earthquake/culture/overview.htm
Louvre, Architecture of: http://www.louvre.fr
(click on "Virtual Tour")
Mark Twain House: www.marktwainhouse.org
(unusual architecture)
Mayan: www.mayaruins.com
Mexico, Aztecs & Maya: www.demon.co.uk/mexuk/meet-mex/
Middle Ages/Medieval: http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM (Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture),
http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/med.htm (English Churches and Cathedrals)
http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/med.htm (Durham Cathedral and Castle)
http://www.students.dsu.edu/brashier/gargoyles/gargoyle%20history.htm
(Gargoyles)
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/cathedrallinks.htm (Gothic
Cathedrals)
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM (glossary)
www.opapisa.it (Leaning
Tower of Pisa)
See also "Middle
Ages/Medieval" in the category "Architecture."
Modern: http://hudson.acad.umn.edu/surprises/index.html
(Weisman Art Museum)
Ramses II, Two Monuments (in Fr.): http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/thebes/fr/index.html
Renaissance & Baroque: www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/
Roman
architecture: http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/roman.html,
http://rome4u.com
(See list of museum and architecture web pages
on left.)
Sacred Places: www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces
Stonehenge:
www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/stonehenge.html
U.S., modern: www.building-america.org
(The National Building Museum)
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General: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html (Asia), http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/pacific/pacific.html (Pacific Islands), http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/anthropology/asia/collections,
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Ainu, indigenous people of Japan: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu/index.html
ART--See "Museums & Art."
ART--Chinese, Los Angeles County Museum of Art: http://www.lacma.org/collection/chinese.html
Australia, indigenous people of: www.dreamtime.net.au
China, the Forbidden City: www.fieldmuseum.org/forbiddencity/
Chinese Home: http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/ (merchant's home built 200 years ago; now is in USA)
Confucius/Confucianism: http://library.thinkquest.org/19053
Himalayan Art: www.himalayanart.org.
Virtual museum and international database
India, Culture (Art, Philosophy, Religion, etc.): http://meadev.nic.in/earthquake/culture/overview.htm.
Vedic astrology: http://vedic.indastro.com
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Textbook: See textbook chapter "Society and Culture" in the Web textbook Experiencing the Humanities.
General: See Links to Cultural Diversity (http://www.richard.jewell.net/LinksToDiversity.htm).
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General:
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New York City Ballet: www.nycballet.com
Video Diary and Written Notes of New Kennedy Center Dancer: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/marthagraham/
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General: http://eawc.evansville.edu, http://www.mythinglinks.org/afr~egy~links.html, www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html, http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html (Art History Resources on the Web)
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Art: See
"ART."
Cave of Lascaux: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
Cleopatra:
www.fmnh.org/cleopatra
Creation Myths: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Gods & Goddesses: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
History: http://www.ancient-egypt.org/history/index.html
Jewelry: http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/Artifacts/Artifacts.9.html,
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/jewel.htm,
http://www.eternalegypt.org/
Pyramids: PBS web site http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Museum Collections about Ancient Egypt: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/egypt/egypt.html,
www.emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/egypt.index/shtml,
www.museum-tours.com/museum/index.htm,
www.fieldmuseum.org/eternalegypt/
Mummification: www.osirisweb.com/egypt/mummy.htm
Mythology: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Ramses II, Two Monuments (in Fr.): http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/thebes/fr/index.html
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General: http://eawc.evansville.edu, www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html, http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html (Art History Resources on the Web), http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/anthropology/europe/collections (Ancient Europe)
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Art: See
"ART."
Bog People: www.bogpeople.org
Creation Myths: See the major section
"MYTHOLOGY."
France, Great Archeological Sites: http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/en/index.html
Gods & Goddesses: (early Artemis) http://www.fjkluth.com/artemis.html#Defi.
See also the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Museum Collections about Ancient America: See the major section "MUSEUMS."
Mythology: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Paleolithic Cave Art: http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
Rome:
http://rome4u.com
(See list of cultural web pages on left.)
Romanian Life along the Danube, 4500 BC: http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/harsova/en/index.html
Stonehenge: www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/stonehenge.html,
http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/england/stonehenge.html,
http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/the_celts/stonehenge.htm,
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehenge.html,
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s/stonehen.asp,
http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html,
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?wci=MainFrame&URL1=http%3A//, www.english-heritage.org.uk/,
www.goin2travel.com/articles/complete-guide-to-stonehenge.html
default.asp%3FWCI%3DNode%26WCE%3D8391
Venus of Willendorf:
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf
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Baroque Architecture: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/splash.htm
Baroque & Renaissance Architecture: www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/
Baroque Museum Collections, General:: See the major section
"MUSEUMS."
Florence: www.vacationidea.com/florence
France, Ministry of Culture (in French): http://www.culture.gouv.fr
Holocaust:
University of Minnesota Holocaust Visual History Archive, http://www.lib.umn.edu/vha/about.html
http://www.yale.edu/gsp/: Yale University Genocide Studies Web site
www.ushmm.org: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum online
Italy: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/burckhardt/burckhardt.html
(textbook), http://rome4u.com
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General: http://eawc.evansville.edu
www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html
www.ancientgreece.com
http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/ (?)
http://www.usask.ca/antiquities (Museum of Antiquities)
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html (Art History Resources on the Web)
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Aeneid by Virgil: http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html
Archimedes:
www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
Architecture: www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/acropolis.html
(Acropolis),
www.geocities.com/selinunte.geo/doric/doric.html
(Doric Temple)
Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html, www.lep.utm.edu/a/aristotl.htm,
http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aris.htm,
http://www.rit.edu/~flwstv/aristotle1.html
Art: See "ART."
Art
& Culture:
www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
Athens, Golden Age of:
www.thatsgreece.com/online/section.asp?section=4
Chronology
of Ancient Greece, 3300-30 BCE: http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/grpage.htm
Creation Myths: www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7696/creation.htm
Daily Life in Ancient Greece: http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html
Gods & Goddesses (see also "Mythology"): www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7696/gods.htm
Iliad by Homer:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2199,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
(description of sections in Wikipedia)
Literature & Theatre: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html
Lysistrata by Aristophanes: http://eserver.org/drama/aristophanes/lysistrata.txt or
http://www.pecosdesign.com/lys/script.html
(newer). See also http://www.pecosdesign.com/lys/school.html
(Lysistrata Project).
Museum Collections about Ancient Greece: www.culture.gr/2/21/toc/museums.html
Mythology (also see above: "Creation Myths" and "Gods &
Goddesses): www.entrenet.com/~groedmed/greekm/ody.html.
See also the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Music: www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/ (listen
to ancient Greek songs), www.shelby.net/eallison/greek/greekmusic.html
(history)
Odyssey (sequal to
the Iliad, above) by Homer:http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
(MIT--modern-language prose),
https://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/odysseytofc.htm (VIU--modern-language
poetry),
http://pd.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/ (SparkNotes--19th-century poetry),
www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/homer/odyssey.asp (Ellopos--19th-century
prose w/ads),
www.enotes.com/odyssey-text/book-i (E-Notes--19th-century prose).
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles: a readable & printable contemporary trans. at
http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html and
http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-trilogy-text/oedipus-king (trilogy)
Plato: www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9313/plato/,
http://www.plato.evansville.edu/public/burnet/ch2.htm (possibly without the "www")
Sophocles, Antigone: http://classics.mit.edu/sophocles/antigone.html
Sophocles, Antigone, notes on: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~taxias/antigone
Theoi Project: www.theoi.com
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html
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("History & Archeology" here does not offer URLs for individual historical events or archeological sites. Rather, it offers URLs about history and archeology as a humanities discipline, significant humanities histories, and significant historical documents and archeological Web sites in the humanities. For histories and archeologies involving specific eographical locations, peoples, and events, see other listings of those subjects, or go to http://chnm.gmu.edu/assets/historyweb/historyweb.php?function=find&Keyword= or http://www.archaeology.org.)
Textbook: See the textbook chapter "History" in the Web textbook Experiencing the Humanities.
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Archeology: http://www.archaeology.org, www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html
Archeology Web Sites: http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=wwwarky/wwwarky ("The WWWorld of Archeology")
Art History: www.arthistory.sbc.edu,
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Ancient Literature: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient
Classics: http://classics.mit.edu
Games: www.gamecabinet.com/history
Homer: www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/ (Homeric
singing)
Machiavelli: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/machiavelli/prince.txt (The
Prince--full text)
www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/machiave.htm
(philosophy of)
Slavery, American: http://www.memory.loc.gov
("Voices from the Days of Slavery" voice recordings, Library of Congress)
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html
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http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/
http://meadev.nic.in/earthquake/culture/overview.htm
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
(Art History Resources on the Web)
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General: http://meadev.nic.in/earthquake/culture/overview.htm
Mughal Empire: www.mughalindia.co.uk/room.html
Taj Mahal: www.mughalindia.co.uk/room.html
Ancient Urban Cities in India/Pakistan: Mohenjo-daro, http://www.mohenjodaro.net/. Harappa, http://www.harappa.com
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Note: For literature from Shakespeare through modern and contemporary times and related subjects, see (click here for) "Links to Literature" (www.umn.edu/home/jewel001/LinksToLiterature.htm).
Textbook: See textbook chapters "Literature--the Language Art" and "Performing Arts" in the Web textbook Experiencing the Humanities.
ANCIENT THROUGH MID-RENAISSANCE LITERATURE:
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Ancient Literature: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient,
http://classics.mit.edu
Aristophanes, Lysistrata: http://eserver.org/drama/aristophanes/lysistrata.txt
Boccaccio, The Decameron: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/decameron/decameron.html
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/chaucer/chaucer.html
Classics: http://classics.mit.edu
Homer: www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/
(Homeric singing)
India: http://meadev.nic.in/earthquake/culture/overview.htm
Machiavelli: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/machiavelli/prince.txt (The
Prince--full text)
www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/machiave.htm
(philosophy of), www.classicallibrary.org/machiavelli;
www.marxists.org/reference/archive/machiavelli/biography.htm;
and
www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/machiave.htm
Medieval Illuminated
(illustrated,
hand-painted) Manuscripts:
http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/alt/comment/best_toc.html (12th
c. Aberdeen Bestiary)
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm (14th
c.)
http://www.hmml.org/sights.html (Hill
Monastic Library, St. John's College, Collegeville, Minnesota),
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html (Les
Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry),
http://www.dubois.ws/people/paul/kells/ (Irish
Book of Kells)
Montaigne, Essays: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/montaigne/montaigne.html
Poetry: "World’s premier online recordings of poets reading
their work” -
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do
Sophocles: Antigone, http://classics.mit.edu/sophocles/antigone.html; Oedipus Rex, readable & printable contemporary trans. at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4979/oedipus.html. www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~taxias/antigone (notes on Antigone)
Virgil, The Aeneid:
http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html
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General: www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html
http://orb.rhodes.edu/
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
http://www.netserf.org/
www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/
http://historymedren.about.com
http://historymedren.about.com/mbody.htm
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Anglo-Saxon/Old English: http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/old_english.html (texts, translating, art, coins, ms. pages, et
al.)
Apparel: www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/ ("Dress,
Jewels, Arms and Coats of Arms")
Architecture:
http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/med.htm (English Churches and Cathedrals)
http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/med.htm (Durham Cathedral and Castle)
http://www.students.dsu.edu/brashier/gargoyles/gargoyle%20history.htm
(Gargoyles)
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/cathedrallinks.htm (Gothic
Cathedrals)
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM (glossary)
www.opapisa.it (Leaning
Tower of Pisa)
www.pitt.edu/~medart/ ("Images
of Medieval Art and Architecture")
Art: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM (glossary)
Black Death: See "Plague."
Books, Primary & Secondary (see also "Illuminated Manuscripts"):
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Bubonic Plague: See "Plague."
Crusades: http://libro.uca.edu/ics/empain.htm
Early Middle Ages Museum: www.roma2000.it/zmumedio
Gothic Architecture: www.knight.org
Gothic Culture:
www.elore.com/Gothic
History: http://historymedren.about.com/mbody.htm (easy reading)
Illuminated (illustrated, hand-painted) Manuscripts:
http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/alt/comment/best_toc.html (12th
c. Aberdeen Bestiary),
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm (14th
c.)
http://www.hmml.org/sights.html (Hill
Monastic Library, St. John's College, Collegeville, Minnesota)
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html (Les
Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry)
http://www.dubois.ws/people/paul/kells/ (Irish
Book of Kells)
Islamic & Christian Spain, Early Middle Ages: http://libro.uca.edu/ics/empain.htm
Joan of Arc:
www.newadvent.org
www.elore.com/Gothic
King Arthur: Historical person, www.kingarthursknights.com/arthur/legendary.asp.
History of legend,
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/middleages/topic_2/welcome.htm.
History of Malory book and Caxton edition, www.legends.dm.net/kingarthur/malory.html.
Le Morte Darthur—Sir Thomas Malory’s full-text,
1470 A.D. story—in nine “books,”
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mal1Mor.html.
Illustrated, larger-text
version of same book, http://www.mysticrealms.org.uk/malory/.
Synopsis of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King,
http://www2.netdoor.com/~moulder/thwhite/toafk_a.html.
Synopsis and preview of John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374523789/102-0703361-9320917.
Museum Collections, General:: See the major
section "MUSEUMS."
Music: http://academics.vmi.edu/english/med_midi.html (hear 14th c. music)
http://www.pacificnet.net/~garyrich/subtilior/ (hear
late-med. music)
http://www.music.princeton.edu/chant_html/ (Gregorian
chant, no audio)
www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/renaiss.htm
(sources)
Plague: www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html
www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/3757/dance.htm
www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2601/0010/2601001069/print.jhtml
http://historymedren.about.com/library/bldeath.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/weekly/aa040498.htm
www.ibiscom.com/plague
www.insecta-inspecta.com
www.larrythecrocodile.com/history.htm
www.needham.mec.edu (or
"...mcc.edu")
Religious Communities, Women: http://matrix.bc.edu/
Starting a Research Paper on....: http://orb.rhodes.edu/
Vatican Exhibit: http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/Main_Hall.html (variety
of treasures)
Vikings: www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html,
http://infoweb.magi.com/~allan/vikhist.htm,
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vikings/ship.html,
http://beyond.landsend.com/viking/ship/vi_orig_ships.html,
www.mariner.org/age/, www.gamecabinet.com/history/Hnef.html,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/
Women in....: http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/women/women.html
http://matrix.bc.edu/ (women's
religious communities)
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html ("Medieval
Feminist Index")
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General: http://eawc.evansville.edu, www.mesopotamia.co.uk (British Museum), http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/neareast/near.html,
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
(Art History Resources on the Web),
http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/anthropology/europe/collections
(Europe and 'Near East")
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Art: See "ART."
Art--Ancient Near East, Los Angeles County Museum of Art:
http://www.lacma.org/collection/ancient-near-east.html
Catalhoyuk, Ancient City of (Turkey): http://www.smm.org/catal/home.html
"Collapse"--Why
do civilizations collapse?" http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
Creation Myths: See the major section
"MYTHOLOGY."
Crusades, Christian, to Middle East: http://libro.uca.edu/ics/empain.htm
Cuneiform Writing: www.upennmuseum.com/cgi-bin/cuneiform.cgi
Dead Sea Scrolls: www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/toc/html
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls
www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadseascrolls.exhibit/Library/library.html
www.geocities.com/engvaj/scrolls.html
Gods & Goddesses: See the major section
"MYTHOLOGY."
Museum Collections about the Ancient Middle East: See the major section
"MUSEUMS."
Mythology: See the major section "MYTHOLOGY."
Persia (modern Iran): http://ali.sdc.uwo.ca/
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General: www.arabworldnews.com
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Afghanistan's Women: www.afghan-web.com/woman/
http://rawa.org
www.academic.info.net/afghanwomen.html
Art: See "ART."
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Univ. of Texas: http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/countries
Crusades: http://libro.uca.edu/ics/empain.htm
Islam: http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=3&D=e7relg
http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=7&D=e7bok1g
("Vision of Islam")
http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=9&D=e7bok2g ("Ritual: Perspective and Dimensions"),
www.talkislam.com
(library of Muslim Web sites)
www.arabworldnews.com
www.islam-usa.com
www.islamweb.net
Islam's Qur'an (Koran): http://islamiccity.com/mosque/quran
(English translations), http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99jan/koran.htm
("What Is the Koran?" in Atlantic Monthly)
Syria: www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbok/geos/sy.html
(CIA World Factbook)
www.syriadaily.com (Syria
Daily)
www.sana.org (Syrian Daily
News Agency)
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(For Art of or from a specific period, see that period's subject listing.)
Textbook: See the following textbook chapters in Experiencing the Humanities Web Textbook: "All the Arts Equal Beauty," "Elements of the Arts," "The Visual Arts," and "The Future of Art."
General:
