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The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern
The first hurdle with written sources is their transmission; materials such as papyrus, parchment, and paper do not have infinite lifespans, so the sources we have in front of us right now have usually been copied, reviewed, edited, even translated, at some point in time, and may include mistakes or deliberate changes.
Ancient History. Compare different books and articles on the subject you are researching, and, after assessing each source's reliability, strengths and weaknesses, try to get as complete a view as possible of the topic.
4/8/1998. History Sourcebook. The context in which bones are found as well as the point in time they came from help to fill information regarding their societies. Books 1. students. Benefits – details; personal side; context. texts throughout the net.
that web sites [and the documents made available there] would often turn out to be Herodotusby Photograph by Marie-Lan Nguyen (CC BY), Pitfalls – transmission; reliability, bias & intentions; contemporaneity. this stage, however, an increasing number of new etexts are available at this site. Was the author a contemporary and/or an eyewitness? Perhaps it was created to inform, to record, to glorify, or to influence public opinion.
below and select the highlighted section title. that web sites [and the documents made available there] would often turn out to be e-texts or We must thus ask: Archaeologists have become quite adept at 'reading' the pieces that are left; comparing the remains with others that may be more fully preserved or with primary sources describing the structure; and rebuilding what is essentially a hugely complex 3D puzzle, either on paper or by actually restoring the remains in question. The IHSP is a project independent of Fordham University.
A personal letter with the goal of declaring the author’s love to his recipient yields a different kind of information than a piece of propaganda written in order to strengthen a ruler’s position. The Mongol invasions of Russia and Eastern Europe occurred first with a brief sortie in 1223 CE and then again in a much larger campaign between 1237... A modern reconstruction of a medieval trebuchet catapult. Can it be dated (by things like the context, monument, or the language), and does the date match the content of the inscription? Temple of the Sun, Palenqueby Alejandro Linares Garcia (CC BY-SA), Benefits – daily lives; use; society & culture, Pitfalls – inferring meaning; inferring clues about society. As a result there is a process called "link rot" - which means that a "broken link" is a result of someone having taken down a web page. Where was the source published and could that impact the contents at all? How do we accurately reconstruct the remains (physically or on paper)? providing web space and server support for the project. Some of the recently translated texts here are copyright to the ], Modern Perspectives on the Agricultural Revolution, Common Issues: Mesopotamian/Egyptian/Hebrew/Greek History, The Old Kingdom (2705-2213 BCE) [Dynasties 3-8], The Middle Kingdom (1991-1668 BCE) [Dynasties 12-13], The New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) [Dynasties 18-20], Akhnaten [Amenhotep IV](r. 1363-1347 BCE), Post Imperial Egypt (1070-332 BCE) [Dynasties 21-31], The Persian State: Acheamenids (560-330 BCE), The Persian State: Parthia and Arcsacids (247 BCE-226 CE), The Persian State: Sassanids (224-636 CE), Hellenistic Judaism: Religious Development, The Septuagint (?made under Ptolemy II r. 283-246 BCE), The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) and After, Greek Conceptions of Death and Immortality, Modern Perspectives on Hellenistic Greece, Modern Perspectives on the End of Antiquity, Paul of Tarsus (d.c.65 CE) and the Pauline Churches, Challenge to Social and Political Norms of Antiquity, Modern Perspectives on Early Christianity. The Internet Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site]. There are obstacles that make it so we do not have a crystal clear, uninterrupted view of the past.
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