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Before 600 CE
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Primary Sources in History & Classics
A guide containing general, and some specific, resources for primary source research in history and the humanities. Many links go to open-access websites anyone can use.
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Before 600 CE
Primary Sources for dates before 600 CE
600-1500
1500-1800
1800-1900
1900-Present
Topic-Specific Resources
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Primary Sources for dates before 600 CE
Avalon Project at Yale University
A large collection of documents in law, history, and diplomacy. A small number are from ancient Europe and the Near East.
Chinese Text Project
An online repository of pre-modern Chinese texts. Many are translated into English, but some are untranslated.
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts
Very large browsable database of Neo-sumerian texts, seals, and tablets, every entry has a scanned image. Many are not translated.
Digitized Manuscripts of the British Library
Fully digitized manuscripts held by the British Library going back to 0 CE.
Duke Papyrus Archive
Large collection of digitized papyri from ancient Egypt. Most items in the collection are cataloged by subject and translated. Some are not.
Internet Classics Archive
Online archive of classical Greco-Roman works (some chinese and near-eastern works as well)
Internet Sacred Texts Archive
Internet Archive of electronic texts on religion, mythology, and folklore. Texts are presented in English translation and, where possible, in the original language.
Material Culture Collection Database
Searchable collection of Material Culture maintained by the California Academy of Sciences Department of Anthropology.
Perseus Digital Library
Includes primary and secondary sources on the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world, including Philosophy.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/home
Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL)
An online text-searchable database of Babylonian, Assyrian, and Akkadian Literature from 2400-1100 BCE.
Wikisource Portal: Ancient History and the Classics
A large collection of translations of sources written before 600 CE, sometimes with more than one translation of the same source.
World Digital Library
Significant primary materials that represent the culture of countries around the world. Sponsored by UNESCO and the Library of Congress. Contains international materials from 8000 BCE to the present.
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