General Sites



 

Choose one of the following:
Ancient
, Renaissance, or Medieval.

Ancient

Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/index.htm
Discusses pyramids, temples, kings, queens, and hieroglyphics.

http://www.memst.edu/egypt/main.html
This site is quite interesting. It offers an exhibit artifacts, a color tour of Egypt and other Egyptian sites.

China
http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html
Discusses artifacts, archeology, pyramids, astrology, Buddhism, and mathematics.

Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.com
Discusses art, architecture, geography, history, Mythology, Olympics, people, and wars.

http://web.idirect.com/~atrium/
This site displays books about the ancient world.

http://www.showgate.com/medea/ships/grkship.html
This is a simple yet interesting site. It has pictures of little ships which you can click on and pictures of Greek ships will appear.

http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
This site talks about and shows pictures of the seven wonders of the middle ages. It includes wonders from the ancient world. It includes a canonical list, Geography maps, other wonders, related links and frequently asked questions.

http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/
This site is a photographic archive of the remains of Athens. You can link to the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University. You can also e-mail them.

 

Choose one of the following:
Ancient
, Renaissance, or Medieval.

Renaissance

The Renaissance http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/ Anneberg/CPB
Project produces education material. Visit the exhibit to find dates, explanations, and images of Europe's intellectual advances.

http://orb.rhodes.edu/schriber/chronology.html
Detailed time-line from 1260 to 1648 covers the births, deaths, diseases, and other significant events of the period.

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaiissance/VirtualRen.html
Project illuminates the places and people of the Renaissance period. Emphasis employed for educational class plans.

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium
Written for actors, writers, and renaissance fair companies, this resource explains all there is to know about life during Elizabethan times.

http://www.duke.edu/~rwitt/neh.html
Different views on Petrarch, Machiavelli-, Erasmus and the history of Humanist thought. Papers from a 1996 seminar at Duke University.

http://cheftalk.com/HTML/pr_History_pg2.html
All about the origins of Culinary History.

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/m3.htm
Directory offers links dedicated to popular artists from the period. Find links to citations, recordings, and books.

http://www.pitt.edu/-medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM
Discussed on this web page are a variety of architectural terms from the renaissance. The terms are organized alphabetically with references to other terms within some of the definitions. Some definitions, when offered, have a picture to better illustrate the meaning.

http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/library/history.html
Did you ever want to know how stained glass comes from or where it originated? Well, this is the site to visit. It is complete with plenty of visual aids to suit one's taste for the art in itself. There are even links of how to make your own glass.

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/renaissance-ws.htm
This fun, yet informative site will provide a comfortable learning experience for the young or young at heart. The website has a word search that includes names of many artists. It also has an ample abundance of links to other Renaissance subjects and categories.

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Gallery/2892/renaissance.html
The site is simple. It links to other artists and gives a brief biography on each one of them. Most of these biographies are complete with pictures.

 

Choose one of the following:
Ancient
, Renaissance, or Medieval.

 

 

 

 

Choose one of the following:
Ancient
, Renaissance, or Medieval.

Medieval

Gardening

http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardnew/RenBar.html
Complied for use with Gardner's "Art Through the Ages," this extensive web directory includes the Renaissance and baroque. Miscellaneous Artist Links.

Medieval Weapons

Medieval http://www.enteract.com/~kohler/mbc/frontpage.html
This site has a page of history on the sword. Different types of weapons, how to make cheap "safe" weapons and armor, and how to use those weapons in combat. Does not have links to each individual page. Just keep clicking the continue button at the bottom of the pages.

http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm
The history of gardening: A timeline from ancient times to the 20th Century. Noteworthy publications, persons, and events in the history of gardening. Including related information from agriculture, natural history, botany, and ecology.

http://www.vikingsword.com/virtmus.html#anchor328425
This site has pictures and history on weapons used by the different groups in different times.

http://www.museumreplicas.com/home.htm
This site sells medieval weapons, armour and apparel. In the catalog, if you click on a weapon or piece of armor there is history on the specified item and measurements of the items size.

http://www.renstore.com/cgi-bin/renstore.storefront
This site sells medieval weapons. Has picture of all types of weapons.

http://snt.student.utwente.nl/campus/sagi/artikel/decline/
This site talks about the long bow and its decline to firearms.

http://www.swordandaxe.com/
This site sells medieval weapons. It has pictures of different types of weapons.
Also has history on some of the weapons.

http://www.medieval-weaponry.com/
This site sells weapons. It has pictures of the weapons. Talks about the design and structure of the weapons.

http://www.swordsofhonor.com/
This site also sells medieval weapons. Has pictures of swords, armour, etc. Has some information on the swords they make
.

Crusades

http://www.medieval-store.com/
This site sells weapons and has a picture gallery of weapons Crusades

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html
A collection of contemporary accounts of the crusades. Great for research.

http://www.wcslc.edu/pers_pages/m-markow/ssclehome.html
This is an organization of scholars interested in studying and understanding the crusade movement along with its effects on society then, and afterward. A list of 52 websites of history.

http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/themes/t_1/st_1_02/a102_006.htm
A selection of images from 14th century manuscripts on the Crusades. Awesome pictures for projects.

http://www.crosswinds.net/~msh210/crusade/
A history and understanding of the effect of the First Crusade on European Jewry. Just text.

http://www.thehistorynet.com/MilitaryHistory/articles/12963_text.htm
The story of the Vardian War fought by Armenian Christians for independence from the Zorastrian Persians in 451 AD. From The History Net.

http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/firstcrusade/Overview/Overview.htm
Site discussing the First Crusade, 1095-1099 AD, a pivotal event in European and Middle Eastern history. Good site with pictures and links to many other crusade information.

http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/church/chivalry/crusades.htm
A page with diverse links to crusades-related information.

http://historymedren.about.com/msubcrus.htm
Links concerning these medieval Christian religious wars and the people who fought them, encyclopedia links to the crusades.

http://mceurope.berkeley.edu/mcclass/archive/spring98/dspresentation/images.htm
A selection of maps and contemporary manuscript images from the Crusades and many other pictures.

http://users.pandora.be/michel.vanderschueren/Crusaders.htm
The history and causes of The First Crusade, and the role of the Francs before and during the Crusades.

http://www.erols.com/kazmara
Background information on the 13th century crusades against the Baltic Pagans. Part of a site promoting novels set in the period. 2 good pictures.

http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/04543c.htm
The Catholic perspective on the crusades. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, first published in 1913.

http://intranet.ca/~magicworks/knights/urbanii.html
Pope Urban II: The Man Who started the Crusades.

http://intranet.ca/~magicworks/knights/chronology.html
A work in progress which currently covers the third crusade and some of the historical chracters.

http://www.avsands.com/absalon-av.htm
The life of Absalon and his role in the campaign against the Wends.