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Ancient (before 500 CE)

Thumbnail image of Mohenjo Daro, or “Mound of the Dead,” site in the Indus Valley
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Mohenjo Daro

It presents 103 images and supporting secondary-source material from excavations of the Mohenjo Daro, or “Mound of the Dead,” site in the Indus Valley.
Thumbnail image of Hanover Historical Texts homepage
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Hanover Historical Texts Project

The project has taken a selection of more than 115 primary texts in the public domain, in English or translated into English, and made them available to anyone with Internet access.
Logo and name for the International Dunhuang Project
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International Dunhuang Project

The IDP, based at the British Library in London, is an international collaborative effort to catalog, conserve, and encourage research of Silk Road artifacts. This website, which currently displays around 20,000 digitized images of these artifacts, is one product of this larger effort.
Screenshot of the site's map feature showing the Indian Ocean in the Industrial and Imperial era with markers for different objects, goods, and places highlighted on the site
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Indian Ocean History

It is easily the most comprehensive website for studying and teaching Indian Ocean history currently available.
Page from The Badianus Codex, an Aztec book of herbal medicine showing several plants.
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History of Science in Latin America and the Caribbean

The fields of science and Latin America have considerably grown in recent decades, and HOSLAC addresses these disciplines by seamlessly merging both fields in a manner that seems natural and relevant to a wide range of users.
Detail of a page from Andreas Vealius' book Bruxellensis showing a map of major arteries
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Vaulted Treasures: Historical Medical Books at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

This website features roughly 200 digitized pages drawn from more than 50 medical books published between 1493 and 1819. The website is structured as a virtual exhibit, presenting a separate page for each of 45 authors, including a brief biography of each.
Image of the website header reading "The Story of Africa: African History from the Dawn of Time"
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The Story of Africa

Each segment provides a selection of quotes from primary sources that illuminate specific issues. There are many gems to mine. They range from original lyrical quotations that capture the imagination...to arresting images of initiation rituals and political power.
Image of the front of Aegina, Temple of Aphaia by Maria Daniels. It shows the ruins of a Greek temple with the remaining columns standing.
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Perseus Digital Library

Perseus is a valuable resource for more general studies of history and historical methods both for the range of information it presents and for the tools it provides.
Code of Hammurabi
Teaching

Short Teaching Module: Hammurabi's Code

An extremely useful source for discussions of Mesopotamian government and society is the Babylonian document Hammurabi’s Code (circa 1780 BCE).

Code of Hammurabi
Source

The Code of Hammurabi

This source is a part of the Hammurabi's Code teaching module.