Egypt
- Faiyum Tax Register A.d.1245
Rural Society in Medieval Islam The ‘History of the Fayyum’ is a unique tax register, in Arabic, listing revenues from 130 villages and hamlets in one Egyptian province for AD 1245. It is the most detailed tax survey to have survived from any region...
- New Book: Religions Of The Ancient Near East
Cambridge University Press Table of Contents and full details available at the above page. This book is a history of religious life in the Ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture to Alexander the Great's invasion in the 300s BCE. Daniel...
- Exhibition: Mummies Of The World
PR Newswire American Exhibitions, Inc. announced today that the City of Los Angeles has been chosen for the world-debut of Mummies of the World, the largest traveling exhibition of mummies ever assembled. Unlike any exhibition in history, Mummies of the...
- Free Online Courses
Online College This link was sent to me by Kelly Sonora, one of the organizers of the courses ,but I haven't actually gone into any of the courses so I have no idea what they are like. The one that is of most potential interest to visitors to this...
- Book Review: A History Of The Ancient Near East
Scholia Reviews ns 16 (2007) 38. (Review by Jan P. Stronk, Ancient History, University of Amsterdam.) M. Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East, ca 3000-323 BC. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell, 2007[2]. Blackwell History of the Ancient...
Egypt
The International World History Project
Deccan Herald (N.S Soundar Rajan)
The International World History Project at http://history-world.org/, contains a collection of world history related essays, documents, maps, music and video outlining human history and progress from the Neolithic era to the present.Topics are divided into 12 geographical, time period or special topic groupings. These topics, in an alphabetical order, are The America; Africa, Australia and The Sea Islands; Ancient World; Anthropology and Archaeology; Arts and Architecture; Asia and the Middle East; Civilisation; Europe; Maps, Great Speeches, Audio and Historical Documents; Science; Women In History; and World Religions. . . .
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The International World History Project website ("World History From The Pre-Sumerian Period To The Present: A Collection Of World History Related Essays, Documents, Maps and Music") can be found at http://history-world.org/.
- Faiyum Tax Register A.d.1245
Rural Society in Medieval Islam The ‘History of the Fayyum’ is a unique tax register, in Arabic, listing revenues from 130 villages and hamlets in one Egyptian province for AD 1245. It is the most detailed tax survey to have survived from any region...
- New Book: Religions Of The Ancient Near East
Cambridge University Press Table of Contents and full details available at the above page. This book is a history of religious life in the Ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture to Alexander the Great's invasion in the 300s BCE. Daniel...
- Exhibition: Mummies Of The World
PR Newswire American Exhibitions, Inc. announced today that the City of Los Angeles has been chosen for the world-debut of Mummies of the World, the largest traveling exhibition of mummies ever assembled. Unlike any exhibition in history, Mummies of the...
- Free Online Courses
Online College This link was sent to me by Kelly Sonora, one of the organizers of the courses ,but I haven't actually gone into any of the courses so I have no idea what they are like. The one that is of most potential interest to visitors to this...
- Book Review: A History Of The Ancient Near East
Scholia Reviews ns 16 (2007) 38. (Review by Jan P. Stronk, Ancient History, University of Amsterdam.) M. Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East, ca 3000-323 BC. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell, 2007[2]. Blackwell History of the Ancient...