OUTLINE ANCIENT HISTORY

  Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology
  BBC - History: Archaeology in-depth
Archeology and Ethnography Program Home, NPS
  Outline of Prehistory and History, Southeast Archaeological Center
  VL - Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe
Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology Page
National Anthropological Archives Home Page
  Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Anthropology and Archaeology
  Anthropology on the Internet For K-12
Voice of the Shuttle: Archaeology Page
Art and Archaeology Magazine
  Athena Review Main Index
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Archaeology Magazine
  The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean 
  Southwestern Archaeology (SWA)
Ancient American: Archaeology of the Americas before Columbus
   Anthropology Exhibits - Anthropological Theories
  Archaeology - Virtual Archaeology
  Forensics in Anthropology
Dating Techniques - Artifacts 
Archaeology Section
     The Museum of Antiquities
   Roman Archaeology - more on my Ancient Rome page.
  Exploring Gender Through Archaeology - Table of Contents
  Gender in Archaeology
   Genetics and Human Migration Patterns
  American Museum of Natural History
  Penn Museum - Online Exhibits
PREHISTORY
  Classroomtools.com Warm-up Activity - Is That A Fact? - Human - Dinosaur Co-existence?
  Geologic Time Chart
  Prehistory | Thematic Essays | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
  TIMELINE: Ancient History
  TIMELINE: World Map, 20,000-8000 B.C.
  TIMELINE: Hominid Species
  Hominid Evolution: 5,000,000 to 25,000 BC
  Human Prehistory - Hominid Evolution
  Prehistory to 3200 BC
  Timeline, 45,000 BCE to 4 CE
  CyberMuseum: Early Humans
  Prehistory Section
  SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Search for the First Human | PBS
  A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Human Evolution
  Evolution: Humans: Humankind
  A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Human Evolution: Lucy
  Lucy's Story
   Handprint: Ancestral Lines - Human Evolution
     The Long Foreground: Human Prehistory 
Human Origins and Evolution in Africa
  INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM: Prehistoric Medicine
  Ancient Big Game Hunting
  Human Prehistory
  Kennewick Man - NOVA Online | Mystery of the First Americans
Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory
  Flints and Stones - Explore the Lives of the Peoples of the Mesolithic
Stone Age Habitats
  From the Stone Age to the Metal Age
    Class Notes: Foraging Peoples - Foraging Societies
  Could you survive as a Hunter/Gatherer?
  Paleolithic Diet Page (Paleo Diet, Caveman Diet, Hunter/Gatherer Diet)
UCMP Web Time Machine
Geology and Geologic Time
UCMP Glossary: virtual glossary of biological terms
The Precambrian
Introduction to the Hadean
The Archaean Era
The Proterozoic Era - Life of the Proterozoic Era
  The Paleozoic Era - Life of the Paleozoic Era
Introduction to the Mesozoic Era - Life of the Mesozoic Era
DISPELLING DINOSAUR MYTHS 
Introduction to the Cenozoic - Life of the Cenozoic
The Pleistocene
  Ice Ages
More on Prehistoric Art is available on my Art Periods page. 

Did you know? Ancient drinkers clinked their cups to ward off evil spirits.
NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
  Poppa's Ancient World
  Settled Agriculture: 8000-6500 BC
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AGRICULTURAL ORIGINS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
  Origins of Agriculture
Agricultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolution - Technology
  History of Farming - Index Food Preparation
North American Prehistory
Easter Island Virtual Tour
    BBC - History: British Prehistory - Prehistoric Britain: Available Resources - Stonehenge
  Skara Brae - The Discovery and Excavation of Orkney's finest Neolithic Settlement - The Neolithic Village at Skara Brae
     The Great Bronze Age of China
   Observing Prehistoric Women - Prehistoric Construction of Mothering - Matriarchy: history or reality?
Italian iceman goes on show
NOVA Online | Ice Mummies - The Iceman's Last Meal - Mummies of the World
   CNN.com - Ancient skull challenges human origins - July 10, 2002
  A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa
  ROOTS OF HUMAN FOSSIL TREE DEEPEN 

  TIMELINES - MAPS - COMPREHENSIVE SITES
(Includes links to many cultures) 
TIMELINES GALORE: WebChron
  TIMELINE: Ancient History
  TIMELINE & INFO: Some Ancient Civilizations
  TIMELINE: Ancient Civilizations
  TIMELINE: Ancient Art History
  TIMELINE: Classical Education & the Arts - 5000 BC-450 AD
  TIMELINE: Monetary History 9,000 - 1 BC
  A timeline of the Ancient Middle-East
  Timeline at The Ancient Mediterranean
  Classical Empires Chronology
  MAPS: Index of Places in Ancient Times
  MAPS: places from antiquity to 2000 CE
  MAPS: ancient warfare index (Atlas Table of Contents)
  Ancient Maps Cover Page - Ancient Map Web List
  Classical Atlas Project - Ancient World Mapping Center
  The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography
  Historical Geography of the Ancient World
***** The Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book - a FABULOUS site! If you don't find here, you won't find it anywhere!
  EyeWitness To The Ancient World
  BBC - History: Ancient History in-depth
  Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Main Page
  Warfare in the Ancient World (Until the end of the Roman Empire)
The Ancient World
    The Amazing Ancient World - BRIDGES BETWEEN ANCIENT CULTURES
   Ancient Classical History - Comprehensive Ancient Greek and Roman History Site
  CyberMuseum: Ancient Mysteries
  Mysterious Places: Explore sacred sites and ancient civilizations
  What Is Culture? and What is Civilization?
  Crystalinks: Ancient and Lost Civilizations
  Lectures on Ancient and Early Medieval History
  Introduction to Ancient History
**** All Empires - CHART: Empires in History - Classical Mediterranean and Europe - All Empires
  WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
  Ancient Worlds
***** The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Quia Quiz - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  The Seven Wonders of the World bought to you by the Cleveleys Website
  Penn Museum - Online Exhibits
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
  Primary Urban Society: 3500 BC-AD 700
Classical Empires Chronology
  Timeline at The Ancient Mediterranean
    Ancient History Links
     River Valley Civilizations: 3200 BC- AD 200
     Ancient Mesopotamia: 7000 to 550 BC
   Classical Empires 3200-550 BC
Fall and Rise of Empires: 1100-465
Era of the Smaller Civilizations
Empires Past
  Odyssey Online
   The Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania
     LIVIUS
Ancient Civilizations
  **** World Cultures: GLOSSARY  - fabulous site for finding out definitions relating to ancient history.
  Welcome to "FOCUS" Online Magazine of the Mediterranean World
  Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World - Women - Ancient/Classical History Net Links - For much more, check specific time periods on my Table of Contents page.
   Death on Display in the Ancient World
   Ancient/Classical History - Definitive Collection of Net Links
   DR. J'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE CLASSICAL WORLD
  History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
       Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Ancient History in the Movies
Mare Nostrum: Other Civilizations
   NOVA Online | Treasures of the Sunken City
  Pictish Nation
   China - The Empire of Ancient China and Japan. More available on my Non-Western Cultures page.
  NOVA Online | Ice Mummies of the Inca | Mummies of the World
  NOVA Online | Mystery of the First Americans
ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS - MAYA, MIXTEC, ZAPOTEC, & AZTEC - for more, visit my Meso and Latin America page.
For much more, check out my Ancient Egypt,  Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome pages.
 

ANCIENT ART, MUSIC, & THEATER 
TIMELINE: Art History - The World (BC/BCE) - TIMELINE: Art History - The World (AD/CE)
  TIMELINE: Ancient Art History
  Timelines, 8000 BC - Present | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
  TIMELINE: Classical Education & the Arts - 5000 BC-450 AD 
The cave of Lascaux
  The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
Ice Age Art - ICE AGE ART GAME
Music of the Ancient Near East
   Early (and other) Instruments - Ancient Egypt: Music and Dance
  Origins of Theatre
  Greek Drama
  Didaskalia - Introduction to Ancient Theater 
FOR MUCH MORE, CHECK OUT MY Art by Period, Music Periods and Composers, Literature and Drama (Drama section) PAGES.
ALSO, CHECK OUT SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS & CULTURES ON MY TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE. 
THE CLASSICS
  ***** The Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book has tons of sites on ancient philosophy, literature, and drama!
  The Online Medieval and Classical Library (DL SunSITE)
  Voice of the Shuttle: Classical Studies Page
Labyrinth Latin Library
The Forest of Rhetoric
The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature - Browse
   The Classics Pages
General - Writings, Writers and Classics of History
Classical Love Poetry
  Perseus Digital Library 
PHILOSOPHY  Overcoming fear of ancient philosophy
  Ancient Philosophy -- Philosophy Resources for everyone
  Greek Thought: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
Philosophy
Philosophers
Greek Philosophy
Pre-Socratic Philosophy - Pre-Socratic Philosophers
  Sophism
  Greek Philosophy: Socrates - Socratic Method & Scientific Method
The biography, philosophy, trial, apology, and execution of Socrates - The Last Days of Socrates
Greek Philosophy: Plato, The Allegory of the Cave, The Divided Line
  Greek Philosophy: Plato - Protagoras by Plato
  Plato: Democracy - Plato’s Criticism of Democracy
Hellenistic Philosophy
Aristotle - The Internet Classics Archive | The Works of Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Stoic Philosophy
The Philosophy of Epicurus
  Philosophers on the Role of Women
Many more specific philosophers found at The Internet Classics Archive | Browse. 

THE HISTORIANSHistorians
The Internet Classics Archive | The History of Herodotus by Herodotus
Thucydides and Herodotus
Thucydides
The Internet Classics Archive | The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Thucydides: Pericles' Funeral Oration
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries

ANCIENT LITERATURE
Greek Literature
   Homer and more on Homer
The Internet Classics Archive | The Iliad by Homer
The Internet Classics Archive | The Odyssey by Homer
    The Internet Classics Archive | The Aeneid by Virgil
  Poetry of Sappho
The Works of Aeschylus
Aesop's Fables by Aesop
The Works of Aristophanes
The Works of Cicero
The Works of Euripides
  Euripides and His Tragedies
Metamorphoses by Ovid
For many more (including the works of Non-Western authors, check out The Internet Classics Archive | Browse 
  For info on Sumerian literature (i.e. "Gilgamesh") and other cultures' literature, please visit the sections above or check for specific cultures/time periods on my Table of Contents page.
ANCIENT LAW Ancient Law
Law - Ancient/Classical History - Net Links
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Ancient Legal Texts
Bernard Hibbitts - Readings - Ancient Law Seminar
  The Timetable of World Legal History 
 
    TRADE - SILK ROAD - MONEY - SHIPS - TRANSPORTATION
  Ancient Trade Routes
  Trade Routes between Europe and Asia during Antiquity
  SILK ROAD CHRONOLOGY - The silkroad foundation - Lost Cities of the Silk Road - The Silk Road - Ancient Pathway to the Modern World
  Trade between the Romans and the Empires of Asia
  History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
  Chronology of Monetary History 9,000 - 1 BC
  Ancient Coins - Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.
  Ancient Ships: The Ships of Antiquity
  Phoenicia, Phoenician Ships, Navigation and Commerce - Ancient Phoenician Ships, Boats and Sea Trade - The Phoenician Ship Expedition - Ancient Phoenician Ships (Bible History Online) - Much more on Phoenicia below.
  NativeTech: NativeTech: Birchbark Canoe Detail
  Shipwreck: An Ancient Sea Trade Game | Explore & Learn
  International Museum of the Horse - The Legacy of the Horse in History 
WARS & WARFARE
MAPS: ancient warfare index (Atlas Table of Contents)
Wars & Conflicts: Ancient Military History & Warfare - Links
  Warfare in the Ancient World (Until the end of the Roman Empire)
Ancient Composite Bows
For much more, check out specific time periods on my Table of Contents page. 

  MATH - SCIENCE - TECHNOLOGY
  HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
  Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius | www.hsl.virginia.edu
  Medicine Through Time - Medicine through Time online lesson
  History of Plumbing Index - History of Public Toilets plumbing world
  History of Mathematics Home Page
  Ancient Technologies
  Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Museum Directory 
THE EVOLUTION OF WRITING AND THE ALPHABET
Ancient Scripts of the World
  AncientScripts.com: Timeline
Ryan-Ancient Languages and Scripts
History of Writing
  Omniglot - a guide to abjads, alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems
  Evolution of Alphabets
Evolution of Cuneiform Characters - more on cuneiform in the section on Mesopotamia below.
Sinaitic to Phoenician
Evolution of Phoenician Characters - more info below in the section on "The Phoenicians."
Phoenician to Arabic Characters
Evolution of Greek Characters
Evolution Alphabet from the Phoenician to Latin Characters
Evolution of Hebrew Characters from Phoenician via Aramaic
Greek to Cyrillic
  A Short Introduction to Hieroglyphs - Much more on my Ancient Egypt page. 
   Write Like a Babylonian
  THE ARTICULATORY BASIS OF THE ALPHABET
  AncientScripts.com: Old Persian
  The History of Printing
  Phoenicia, Phoenicians: Evolution of Picture Writing - Phoenician alphabet
The Origin of the Alphabet
  Art of Arabic Calligraphy
  Ukindia Learning to read Arabic
  Hebrew alphabet
  hebrew letters by sarahleah - find your name in Hebrew (just follow the links). 
Click below to visit
  THE ANCIENT RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS
Tigris/Euphrates Rivers - The Fertile Crescent - Ancient Middle East
The Nile River - Egypt
Indus River Valley - India
Yellow River - China 

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome - Also has info on the Byzantine Empire.
Myth, Legend, Folklore, Ghosts