History: the Ancient World
3600 BCE - 400 CE
Using the Visual Guides
Designed to help students brainstorm and find topic choices that interest them, the visual guides show mages tied to museums, quality blogs and articles (double click on an object to see if there is an article or more information attached). Sign in to Pinterest is required either by registration there, a Facebook or Google account.
Eras: the Ancient World
Adornment: Hair Accessories includes many objects worn or used in the ancient world
Anthropology boards are broken down geographically and include many objects from this time period.
For cultures and peoples prior to 3600 BCE see the Prehistory image guide for topic ideas
New in the Library!
Blood of the Celts : the new
ancestral story /
Jean Manco 936.4 MANCO 2015.
The heritage of the Celts turns up from
Portugal to Romania, from Scotland to Spain. Yet debate continues about who exactly were the Celts, where ultimately they came from, and whether the modern Celtic-speakers of the British Isles and Brittany are related to the Continental Celts we know from ancient history. So a fresh approach is needed. Blood of the Celts meets this challenge, pulling together evidence from genetics, archaeology, history and linguistics in an accessible and illuminating way, taking the reader on a voyage of discovery from theorigins of the ancient Celts to the modern Celtic Revival, with some startling results.
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FINDING BOOKS
Below is a BROWSER'S GUIDE to book numbers in the library that might be most helpful researching the ancient world - subjects with an ebook link will take you to added selected resources at e-book Central for that topic.
355.009 - History of warfare and weaponry when it is comprehensive and not tied to one time period
391.00901 Clothing and adornment to 499 C.E. e-books
683.5 Pre-industrial weapons & armor if not tied to one specific time period
683.541 Catapults (how to's - not tied to historical content)
Art History - books about art in the ancient world will include information on history as well as art & architecture
709.010931 China to 420
709.010932 Egypt to 640
709.010933 Palestine region to 70
709.010934 South Asia to 647
709.010935 Mesopotamia to 636
709.010936 Europe north and west of the Italian peninsula to 499 includes Mediterranean region (more than one country)
709.010937 Roman to 499
709.010938 Greek 1000 BC to 499
709.7 Pre Columbian Art of the Americas
930 History of the Ancient World (more than one place/culture) e-books
9301.003 Dictionaries & Encyclopedias of the Ancient World e-books
930.02 Ancient religions e-books
930.04-930.0441 Armies & Warfare e-books
930.05 Engineering & Building e-books
930.054 Writing & literacy e-books
930.06 Everyday life e-books
930.07 Material culture; homes, households etc. e-books
930.071 Pottery and ceramic objects e-books
930.072 Towns and villages in the ancient world e-books
930.073 Occupations, labor, work e-books
930.0736 Agriculture & nvironment e-books
930.0733 Slavery e-books
930.08 Family life, marriage & sexuality e-books
930.081 Men e-books
930.082 Women e-books
930.083 Children e-books
930.1 Archaeology e-books
930.1026 Lost civilizations e-books
930.1028 Archaeology - under water e-books
930.103 Archaeology Dictionaries and Encyclopedias e-books
930.11 Prehistory of Europe, Asia & Africa (general resources) e-books
930.1107 Tools & Material Culture from prehistory e-books
930.12 Paleolithic Age 2.6 million years ago to 10,000 BC e-books
930.13 Mesolithic & Neolithic Age Age 10,000 -4500 BCE e-books
930.15 Copper & Bronze Age 3700 to 500 BC e-books
930.16 Iron Age e-books
Roman Empire
937 Rome to 395 e-books
937.002 Roman religion e-books
937.004 Roman armies, warfare and weapons e-books
937.005 Engineering & Building in Rome e-books
937.006 everyday life in the Roman empire e-books
937.007 Roman material culture e-books
937.0072 towns, villages, cities e-books
937.06 Period of Roman Empire, 31 B.C.-476 A.D. e-books
937.081 Men e-books
937.082 Women e-books
937.083 Families, marriage & sexuality in ancient Rome e-books
937.09 Rome - final period 395-476 e-books
Ancient Greece
938 Greece to 323 - general e-books (all time periods)
938.002 Greek Religion e-books
938.004 Greek warfare & armies e-books
938.006 Everyday life in Ancient Greece e-books
988.007 Greek material culture e-books
937.0072 towns, villages, cities e-books
938.0736 Greek agriculture & farming e-books
938.081 Men e-books
938.082 Women e-books
938.083 Families, marriage & sexuality in ancient Greece e-books
938.0082 Greek histories
938.01 Greece - early to 775 BC
938.02 Greece 775-500 BC
938.03 Greece Persian Wars 500-479 BC
938.05 Greece - Period of Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
938.06 Greece - Period of Spartan and Theban supremacy, 404-362 B.C.
938.07 Greece Period of Macedonian supremacy, 362-323 B.C.
938.08 Hellenistic period, 323-146 B.C.
938.09 Roman era of Greece 146 BC to 323 AD
938.1 Macedonia e-books
938.37 Cyprus e-books
939.1 the Aegean e-books
939.18 Crete to 323
Eastern Europe / Western Asia / Byzantine Empire
939.2 Western Asia Minor to 640 Byzantine Empire - includes Turkey, SE Europe, Russia to 717 e-books
939.202 Byzantine warfare & armies e-books
939.3 Slavs e-books
939.44 Phoenicia e-books
939.48 Arabia to 622 e-books
Africa (except for Egypt which is 932)
939.7 Africa to 640 e-books
Southeastern Europe
939.8 Southeastern Europe to 640 - includes the Balkan states (Illyrians and others prior to the Byzantine period) e-books
Ancient World by Geographical Location:
ASIA
931 Asia to 420 e-books
931.002 Ancient Asian religions (for books in the library if the emphasis is on history they will be in this number; if doctrine/philosophy see 200.951) e-books
931.004 Warfare and armies in ancient Asia e-books
931.005 Building, engineering & science in ancient Asia e-books
931.0053 Trade in ancient Asia (including Silk Road) e-books
931.006 Every day life in ancient Asia e-books
931.007 Material culture of Asia e-books
931.081 Men in ancient Asia e-books
931.082 Women in ancient Asia e-books
931.083 Families, marriage & sexuality in ancient Asia e-books
931.0091 maps of Ancient China e-books
931.52 Japan to 1185 e-books
Egypt (for early Africa outside of Egypt see 939.7)
932 Egypt to 640 e-books
932.02 Religion in ancient Egypt e-books
932.05 Building & engineering in ancient Egypt e-books
932.06 Everyday life in ancient Egypt e-books
932.07 Material culture of Egypt e-books
932.072 Towns & cities in early Egypt e-books
932.082 women of Egypt e-books
932.083 Families, marriage, sexuality in early Egypt e-books
932.092 Biography of Egypt e-books
Palestine, Mesopotamia, South Asia
933 Palestine & Biblical History to 70 e-books
934 South Asia to 647 - includes India e-books
935 Mesopotamia e-books (all early periods)
935.00736 Agriculture in Mesopotamia ebooks
935.01 Elamite, Sumerian, Akkadian, Ur periods to ca. 1900 B.C.
935.02 Period of Babylonian Empire and Kingdom of Mitanni in Palestine
935.03 Period of Assyrian Empire in Palestine, ca. 900-625 B.C.
935.05 Period of Persian Empire in Palestine, 539-332 B.C.
Iran / Persia
935.7 Iranian Plateau to 637 e-books
Europe north & west of Rome and Greece
936 Europe north and west of Italian Peninsula to ca. 499 e-books
936.1 British Isles to 410 - see also some of the histories of Britain that cover multiple periods have early chapters on this period - look in 942 e-books
936.3 Germanic regions to 481 e-books
936.8 Scandinavia to 481 e-books
Pre-Columbian History of the Americas:
United States
970.101 Native American history to 1600 - comprehensive; more than one region e-books
970.10174 - North East & Mid Atlantic States e-books
970.10175 - South East & South Atlantic States (VA south) e-books
970.1076 - Central Gulf - AL MS LA TX OK AK TN KY e-books
970.1077 - N. Central U.S. OH IN IL MI WI IA MO e-books
970.1078 Western States - KS NB SD ND MT WY CO e-books
970.1079 Great Basin/Pacific AZ NM UT NV CA OR ID WA AK e-books
970.10791 Prehistory of native tribes of Arizona e-books
970.479795 Native tribes specifically in Oregon e-books
970.479797 Native tribes specifically in Washington State e-books
Mexico
972.01 Early Mexico to 1519 e-books
972.018 The Aztec Empire e-books
Central America
972.801 History of Central America / Mesoamerica to 1502 e-books
972.8101 Guatemala to 1519 e-books
972.8201 Belize to 1502 e-books
972.8301 Honduras to 1502 e-books
972.8401 El Salvadore to 1524 e-books
972.8501 Nicaragua to 1502
972.8601 Costa Rica to 1502 e-books
972.8701 Panama to 1514 e-books
South America
980.012 Early history to 1498
981.01 Brazil to 1500 e-books
982.01 Argentina to 1516 e-books
983.01 Chile to 1535 e-books
984.01 Bolivia to 1532 e-books
985.01 Peru to 1519 e-books
985.019 the Inca / Inka Empire e-books
986.01 Colombia & Ecuador to 1519 e-books
987.01 Venezuela to 1498 e-books
988.01 Guiana to 1815 e-books
989.5 Uruguay to 1516