Read about the scholarship and culture in the Golden Age of Islam.

This article describes the early excavation successes of the American-Chinese archaeological partnership, the Anyang Project.

This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...

Why did great civilizations fall? War, disease, overpopulation or natural disasters? Interactive content and activities allow you, by sifting through archaeological evidence, to investigate the collapse of the Mayan civilization, the...

This personal site draws on the writings of Aristotle to answer the question: What exactly is a "polis"?

According to ancient legend, Dido made a deal with a local ruler to obtain as much land as she could cover with an oxhide. Dido interpreted "cover" in an imaginative way and the land she obtained became the site of the important ancient...

A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.

This video segment from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly features the ancient city of Timbuktu, once a thriving center of learning and trade.

The Great Mosque of Djenne, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a symbol of this ancient city. This site gives good background information in this beautiful building.

This interactive site offers students an online glossary, as well as a game of matching pieces of pottery, spending the day with the maker's son, and exploring the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro.

In this exercise, students read a paragraph about the ancient city of Petra, find 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.

This site provides information about the Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals, the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The mural fragments from the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan are remarkable for their quality...

This site from the University of Chicago provides a black and white map of Ancient Mesopotamia. The map focuses primarily upon terrain with an emphasis on the rivers and the major cities.

Survey of ancient Sumer that describes Mesopotamian civilization's way of life, cities, religion, technology, and so on.

This page contains information about the creation of the city walls of Constantinople in ancient times, along with a computer drafted model of the structure.

A description of Carthage and its economic importance in the ancient world.

This is a very good site that delivers very relevant information pertaining to the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza and its many different areas such as The Nunnery and The Iglesia.

A slideshow accompanied by a description of archaeological discoveries from the ancient Assyrian cities of Nineveh and Nimrud in Iraq, both of which were severely damaged by the Islamic State in March 2015. The slideshow includes images...

Kids learn about the city of Ancient Rome on this site. This famous city was the center of the Roman empire which ruled much of the known world for centuries.

A site dedicated to information about the city-states of Ancient Greece. Study the powerful cities such as Corinth, Thebes, Argos, and Rhodes.

Kids learn about Romulus and Remus the legendary twin brothers who founded the city of Ancient Rome on this site.

A website about the Persians Wars of Ancient Greece fought between Persia and the Greek city-states.

Official archaeological site, under the Ministry of Culture of India, provides a narrative, photos, as well as a Walkthrough which is a panoramic view of the main cave, and a video of the Elephanta Caves.

Lesson designed to help students research daily life in Ancient Greece. Working in groups, students produce sections of an Athenian newspaper.