Resources on Ancient Egypt, Rome, India, & China

Local Information Resources

For your survey and research, use both print and electronic resources. To do your individual investigation of something in the modern world that you can relate to your ERIC culture, use museums, historical societies, a walk through downtown, newspapers, magazines and other local current resources. Here are some suggestions for the Portland, Oregon area:

• Oregon Historical Society
• Lewis and Clark College and Reed College
• many downtown buildings

Books and Periodicals

All of the relevant ERIC books and periodicals have been placed on a reserve cart for you. It is not necessary to look for resources in the library. Please check with Paul or Lynn if you want to check a book out for use at home. Remember to use the appropriate forms to record all the necessary bibliographic information for all your sources, including electronic ones!

Web Information Resources

In addition to resources on the Web, there are several excellent Web databases available through Multnomah County Library that should be useful in your research. To access the databases, you must enter your library card number. Many of the Web sites listed below include helpful bibliographies as well as links to other sites. Remember to carefully evaluate sites that you discover on your own--who is the author, and how reliable is the information? How does it compare with what you've found in trustworthy print sources or in the web sources listed below (It helps to have Paul as your research assistant!)?

• HyperHistory Online
  History in timeline form. Divided into People, History, Events, and Maps. The color coding doesn't always work, and the navigation is a little awkward, but this provides an interesting timeline/chart of events and developments in world history. Interesting visual representation of the rise and fall of cultures and civilizations; also check out the "Maps" option to see the world map with locations and relationships of some civilizations (including Rome and China) and cultures in the second century AD.
• History Internet Research Library
  Click on your ERIC civilization to find a world of links to sites. Divided by topics.
• Ancient Egypt
  The Donn's site is quite simply the best place to start research. Lots of links by topic and civilization.
• Ancient Rome
  The Donn's site is quite simply the best place to start research. Lots of links by topic and civilization.
• Ancient India
  The Donn's site is quite simply the best place to start research. Lots of links by topic and civilization.
• Ancient China
  The Donn's site is quite simply the best place to start research. Lots of links by topic and civilization.
• The Ancient World (yes, your book!)
  Click on the your ERIC chapter. On the left side is a button for Internet Activities. Click it.
• World Cultures
  An Internet class offered at Washington State University.
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
  A terrific resource at the University of Evansville.
• National Geographic Online
  Has feature articles and archives as well as other resources. For example, an article on Rome appeared in 1997 and the June, 2000 issue had an article on the Indus Valley.
• Search Argos
  A wonderful search engine for ancient history Websites. Use it when you have a specific topic that you can define in keywords.

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