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Ancient History

Welcome to the Ancient History Resources Guide a brief guide to some of the major library and web resources for research in Ancient History.

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Credo Reference
Provides access to over 3 million entries from 300+ reference books. Included are dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, handbooks, gazetteers, atlases, directories, and more.
The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
Contains more than 20,000 entries covering prehistory through the year 2000.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text electronic books in the arts, history, multicultural studies, religion and social sciences.

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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Contains resources for both Greek and Roman history.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
ORB: Online reference Book for Medieval Studies
Perseus Digital Library
Covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. Includes reference works and primary texts.
UCLA Online Encyclopedia of Egyptology
VOS: History
Provides annotated links to web resources dealing with all aspects of the study of history.

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For additional books and articles on these topics, search Discovery. Try some of these keywords: ancient history, ancient civilizations, Egypt, ancient China, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Greco-Roman, Rome,Greece.

Ancient History: Resources

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