Directory of Ancient Resources

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Subcategories

• Biography
• Costumes
• Egypt
• Greece
• Rome

Resources in This Category

• Ancient History Sourcebook: The Code of the Assura, c. 1075 BCE

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1075assyriancode.asp
  Excerpts from ancient Assyrian law codes: multiple entries on women's duties and behavior.

• Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World

  http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
  Scholarly multi-disciplinary resource focused on women's history in the ancient world. Comprehensive original sources, bibliographies, links, search capability, essays.

• Florilegium: People in the Ancient World

  http://cornellia.fws1.com/
  Comprehensive biography of Cleopatra of Egypt; shorter bios of famous women of the ancient world including Zenobia, Fulvia, Julia Domna, Cornelia, Zenobia, among others. Bibliography, sources.

• Internet Women's History Sourcebook

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html#Rome
  The sourcebook provides extensive original source materials, discussion and links on the history of women in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, as well as women's history resources to the present.

• Midwives and Maternity Care in the Ancient World

  http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/midwife.HTM
  Analysis of obstetrics,childbirth, folk medicine, neonatal care and midwifery in the Graeco-Roman world. From HELIOS.

• The Amazons

  http://myrine.at/Amazons
  Selections from articles, art, and archeological exploration on whether the Amazons existed.

• Women In The Ancient World

  http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/
  Series of articles dealing with the lives of women in ancient Greece, Rome, Israel, and Egypt.

• Women's Lives in Ancient Persia

  http://www.parstimes.com/women/women_ancient_persia.html
  Article outlining evidence of social history for women living in ancient Achaemenid times.

• Women's Lives in Mesopotamia

  http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html
  Discussion, analysis of Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and artifacts to define women's lives in ancient Mesopotamia: from "Women in World History" curriculum.

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