History Links
Here are some possible online sources for finding information.
- WORLD BOOK WEB User Name: southcache Password: mustangs
- South Cache Library
- Pioneer - Utah's on-line library.
- Ancient Encyclopedia - http://www.ancient.eu/
- GREECE, The British Museum -- Great source for Athens, Sparta, Gods, etc...
- INDIA, The British Museum --- The Buddha, Geography, Early Hinduism, Indus Valley, Writing
- CHINA, The British Museum --- Crafts and Artisans, Geography, Time, Tombs and Ancestors, Writing
- MESOPOTAMIA, The British Museum --- Geography, Gods, Monsters, Time, etc
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook --- Primary Documents from many different time periods
- BBC ANCIENT HISTORY --- Really great source for information on different ancient civilizations
- ROMANS, Spartacus Educational --- Biographies and information on all things Roman
- History Channel --- Lots of good stuff for many civilizations
- The Romans --- Information on origins, Republic, Caesars, religion, life, art, literature, army, and empire.
- The Roman Empire: In the First Century --- Timeline, Republic to Empire, Age of Augustus, Years of Trial, Empire Reborn, Emperors, Social Order, Life in Roman Times, Writers, Enemies and Rebels, Religion
- The Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors [http://www.roman-emperors.org/claudius.htm] features factual information about each emperor's life.
- The Early Emperors [http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/emp-index.html] section of the online encyclopedia offers a detailed look at the lives of the early Roman emperors and their struggles and achievements.
- The Persians --- Overview of history.
- Ancient Greece --- Information on history, culture, etc..
- Japanese Tomb Opened: A rare visit by archaeologists to a fifth-century imperial tomb offers hope that other closely guarded graves in Japan might soon be open to independent study.
- Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos of Alexandria): encyclopedia entry
- The Battle of Alesia
- France's ancient Alesia dispute rumbles on
- Sparta - Society, Military, Women and Marriage, and Decline
- Trireme - great information about these fast ancient ships!
- The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - website with facts and images about the tomb at Mausolus
- The Tomb of Mausolus - article, long but great images.
- The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - facts about tomb at Mausolus
- Ancient & Medieval Falconry: Origins & Functions in Medieval England
- A History of China, EBOOK on Project Gutenberg
- Wudi Biography
- "Wudi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 03 Feb. 2015 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/649914/Wudi>.
- Indus River Valley, Web site created by: Vinay Lal, Professor of History, UCLA
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/indus_valley/land_of_the_indus/
- Aryans: and the Invasion Theory http://www.ancient.eu/Aryan/
- The Aryan Invasion: theories, counter-theories and historical significance.
- Making an Ancient Egyptian Mummy -"The embalmers, when a corpse is brought to them, show the relatives wooden models of dead bodies, as accurate as a painting."
- The Battle of Marathon, 490 BC - "With you it rests, Callimachus." An Athenian army, out numbered by two to one, faces the invading Persians in one of history's most famous battles.
- Everyday Life in Ancient Greece - Xenophon describes the average day of a Greek aristocrat in the 4th century BC.
- The Suicide of Socrates, 399 BC - The philosopher is ordered to be his own executioner.
- Alexander Defeats the Persians, 331 BC -Alexander The Great finds a way to defeat the feared scythed-wheeled chariots of Darius III and conquers Persia.
- The Death of Alexander the Great, 323 BC -"... he lay now in continual fever the whole night." The conqueror of the known world dies at the height of his power.
- The Ideal Physician, 320 BC -"His character must be that of a gentleman, and, as such, honorable and kindly towards all." Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine, outlines the characteristics of the ideal physician – doctors of today, take heed.
- How to Keep a Slave in Ancient Rome, 170 BC -"The total wine issue per man for a year should be about forty-two gallons:" advice for keeping slaves in Ancient Rome.
- The Druids, 54 BC -"At a fixed time of year they assemble at a holy place. . ." Julius Caesar describes a mysterious religious sect that he encountered in what is today central France.
- Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon, 49 BC - "The die is cast:" a river crossing that changed history.
- The Assassination of Julius Caesar, 44 BC - "He breathed his last."
- A Portrait of Julius Caesar - "His baldness gave him much uneasiness," A close-up look at a man who changed history.
- Cleopatra Seduces Antony, 41 BC - "She had faith in her own attractions" The Queen of Egypt uses all her charms to seduce Antony and changes history.
- Gladiators, 50 AD - "In the morning men are thrown to bears or lions..." Before there was cable TV, the gladiator games were the main source of entertainment.
- The Burning of Rome, 64 AD - Did the Emperor Nero fiddle while Rome burned?
- Nero Persecutes the Christians 64 AD -To divert public criticism for the burning of Rome, the Emperor Nero condemns the Christians to horrible deaths.
- The Romans Destroy the Temple at Jerusalem, 70 AD - "...the Jews let out a shout of dismay that matched the tragedy." The Romans squash the Jewish Revolt.
- Rome Celebrates the Vanquishing of the Jews, 71 AD - ". . . the news was brought of the death of the enemy leader." Rome celebrates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and its victory over the Jews.
- The Grandeur of Rome, 75 AD -"The united grandeur [of our buildings] would lead one to imagine that we were describing another world, accumulated in a single spot." Take a tour of ancient Rome.
- The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD - The eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
- What to do with the Christians? 112 AD -"The superstition has spread like the plague." A Roman Governor asks his Emperor for advice on how to handle the growing "Christian problem."
- The Death of a Martyr, 203 AD - The last words of a young woman condemned to die in the Roman arena reach out to us from 1800 years ago.
- The Fall of Rome • "Who could believe this?" Writing in the year 406, a Roman describes the invasion and destruction of the Empire by the barbarian horde.
- Dining with Attila the Hun, 448 AD • -A Roman emissary partys with "the Scourge of God."
- "Gempei War". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 04 Feb. 2015 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/228147/Gempei-War>
- Minamoto, Yoritomo (1147-1199). DISCovering World History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003
- William Wallace (c. 1270 - 1305) - BBC Biography
- William Wallace - BBC Scotland's history VERSION
- Battle of Salamis - http://www.ancient.eu/salamis/
- The Importance of the Niles - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/nile_01.shtml
- Pompey - Biography - http://www.ancient.eu/pompey/
- Terra-Cotta Army: True Colors - http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/terra-cotta-warriors/larmer-text
- Alphabet - http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-created-the-first-alphabet
- Alphabet - http://www.ancient.eu/alphabet/
- http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/themisto.html
- Themistocles - http://www.livius.org/person/themistocles/
- The Secret Tomb of China's 1st Emperor: Will We Ever See Inside?
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- The Secret Tomb of the First Chinese Emperor Remains an Unopened Treasure
- China: Ancient Tomb of First Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Grandmother Discovered in Xi'an
- Terra-Cotta Army Protects First Emperor's Tomb
- Terra Cotta Soldiers on the March: A traveling exhibition of China's terra cotta warriors sheds new light on the ruler whose tomb they guarded
- Met Museum on Shang and Zhou Dynasty
- Persian Garden
- Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History -- The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- Guides to the Ancient World -- Guardian (11 November 2010)
- Chimu Civilization
- Chan Chan : Chan Chan Archaeological Zone for the Chimu Kingdom
- Chimu Invention - the Phone?