Discovering the Ancient World
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Literature Assignments

TRISMS Literature Selection Guide Perseus Project, Tufts University The Internet Classics Archives
Iliad  
The Perseus Project The Internet Classics Archives
Odyssey  
The Perseus Project The Internet Classics Archives

The Republic by Plato (Bonus Assignment) Beowulf Canterbury Tales
On the Nature of Things by Lucretius Song of Roland Everyman

Lesson 1

The Cave of Lascaux Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
Mysteries of Catalhoyuk
 Focus Mutimedia On-Line Magazine

Make a Clay Tablet

   

Lesson 2

Timeline and map too! Mesepotamian
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur The Sumerians of Mesopotamia
McClung Museum Gilgamesh
Map of Mesopotamia/Sumer Sumerian Web Site Links
 

Lesson 3
Ancient Egypt
(The British Museum)		 Map #4
Cataracts of the Nile		 Guardian's Egypt 
The Tomb of Nakht
Excellent artwork and everyday life info		 Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
Egypt and Ancient Middle East Egypt - The Land of the Pharaohs
   

Lesson 4

Egyptian Columns ...thank-you Ceryl! Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom ...from Link Lady, Janey The Timeline of Ancient Egypt ...from Link Lady, Janey
Theban Mapping Project Temple of Amon at Luxor
 Temple of Hatsheput

Lesson 5 & 6

Minoan & Phoenician A Bequest Unearthed, Phonicia.
Phoenician music Glass  
Minoan music    

Lesson 7

Shang & Chou dynasties  
http://deall.ohio-state.edu/jin.3/c231/refs/music.htm 
http://www.fwkc.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/c/c005000320f.html
The history of Chinese literature begins with the Shih Ching or Book of Songs
 
http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0000/00077312_A.html
EXPLORE Daily Life in Ancinet China (Egypt, Greece, Rome, India...)

Lesson 9

The Vedic Age [1500 BC - 1000 BC]
http://www.historyofindia.com/vedic.html
The Aryan Migrations (1500-1200 BC)
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/India/AryanMig.html
Ancient India/The Aryans
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCINDIA/ARYANS.HTM

Lesson 10

Ancient links  
   

Lesson 14

Greek Dark Ages  The Ancient Greek World Timeline of Greek History & Literature
Mr. Dowling's Ancient Greece The Ancient Olympic Games Mr. Donn's Daily Life in Ancient Greece 
History for Kids - Ancient Greece Ancient Greek Links
Ancient Greek Art Map of Ancient Greece
The Greeks (Crucible of Civilization) Greek Play Project
GreekStuff Ancient Greek Theater Page
Ancient Greek Music Samples Homeric Singing  

Lesson 15

World Civilizations - Assyrians Mr. Dowling's Assryians Brief History of Assyrians
The Assyrians - Jewish Virtual Library  

Lesson 16

Mythography Etruscan Civilization Etruscan Lifestyle
In Search of the Etruscan Etruscan Tombs  

Lesson 17

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon  The Tower of Babel Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonian  
   

Rome

Daily Life in Ancient Rome

Odyssey - Rome

 

Ancient Celt

What We Don't Know About The Ancient Celts

Who Were the Celts?

Tristram & Iseult - Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

Tristan and Isolt

Ancient Japan

Ancient Japan

Edo Japan: A Virtual Tour

Tale of Genji

  

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