Welcome Miss Munster's classes. This wiki is intended to provide you with starting points for your project on ancient civilizations.
(Seven wonders of the Ancient World)
Recomended sites:
To start your project, please use the Library Online Databases first. You will find the following most useful for your work:
Gale Virtual Reference Library
These ebooks include World Eras, The Catholic Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of World Biography. All may help you support your thesis
Grolier Online
Not sure where to start? Try the Encyclopedia Americana This willl also give you authorative web links
This site has newspapers, magazines and reference books. There is a good overview of Mesopotamia and also Egypt.
This site features two ebooks that will help you:This site features two ebooks that will help you; Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e. and Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e.
From the Web: ( a sampling of sites)
Please note, sites on ancient world should be carefully evaluated. Many are not very authoratative and should be avoided in an academic setting.
General Sites ( includes most of the ancient world)
This site has good articles on Egypt and Mesopotamia as well as the Greeks and Romans. Look for Mesopotamia under other cultures.
This site from the University of Evansville is quite old (1997) but the information is good. Use the links ath the very bottom of the page.
Ancient Israel and Canann
From Fordham a collection of primary sources on the history of the region.
From the University of Pennsylvania's Archeological Museum.
(House B at Tall al-cUmayri, Jordan, twelfth century B.C.E.)
From Harvard University's Semetic Museum. This is one exhibit, check out the
home page for The Sphinx and the Pyramids on Ancient Egypt.
Egypt
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Another authority on the ancient world.
from the University of Swansea. Another museum site with interesting information about Egypt.
The Oriental Institute is well known for its in depth study of the ancient world. Try this link on Mesopotamia or look at this part of the site on the ancient world in general.
Mesopotamia
Original documentation from Fordham University.
See cuniform tablets and inscriptions here
From National Geographic.
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