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Ancient

This category lists sites and pages devoted to the Ancient world, from the dawn of civilization to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE (including the so-called "Antique" or "Classical" periods of Europe). The civilizations of ancient Rome, Egypt, Greece and Macedonia (including Minos and Mycenae), Mesopotamia (including Sumeria, Babylonia, and Assyria), and Persia (including Media, Pathia, and Sassania) are included here. Other Bronze Age civilizations, such as the ancient civilizations of the Americas, Africa, and the Orient, are linked to this category as well.

Please list post-476 CE sites (eg. Byzantium, Ottoman, Visigoths etc) in the Medieval Period category. All religious history sites are listed in the Religion and Spirituality category.

Africa

This category lists sites devoted to the history of the ancient cities and empires of Africa. (The civilizations of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nubia are included here.)

Please submit sites devoted to the history of the ancient cities and empires of Africa dating c.6000 B.C.E. to c.476 C.E.

Please list post-476 CE sites in the Medieval Period category. All religious history sites are listed in the Religion and Spirituality category.

Carthage

This category lists sites devoted to the history of the ancient city and empire of Carthage founded by Phoenician settlers.

Please submit sites devoted to the history of the ancient city and empire of Carthage founded by Phoenician settlers dating c.814 B.C.E. to c.476 C.E.

Catal Huyuk

This category lists sites devoted to the ancient history of the city of Catal Huyuk (also known as Çatalhöyük).

Please list sites that are devoted to the ancient history of the city of Catal Huyuk (also known as Çatalhöyük).

Etruscans

This category lists sites reserved for ancient Etruscan history.

Please submit sites reserved for ancient Etruscan history dating c.900 B.C.E. to c.300 B.C.E.

There are separate categories for sites about Etruscan art, religion, language, and archaeology.

Greece

This category lists sites specifically to the history of ancient Greece.

Please list sites specifically to the history of ancient Greece dating from c.1600 B.C.E. to c.476 C.E.

Historical Personages

This category lists sites dedicated to people of historical significance who lived during the period of Classical Antiquity.

Please submit sites dedicated to people of historical significance who lived during the period of Classical Antiquity and focused on the Mediterranean Sea dating from c.700 B.C.E. - 476 C.E., but may vary slightly depending on the region from which they come.

Sites may be biographical, or of any portion of their life.

Illyrians

This category lists sites especially for the ancient history of the Illyrians, inhabitants of the western Balkans.

Please submit sites especially for the ancient history of the Illyrians, inhabitants of the western Balkans dating from c.1225 B.C.E. to c.476 C.E.

Israel

This category lists sites devoted to the history of ancient Israel.

Please submit sites devoted to the history of ancient Israel from a period of c.1020 B.C.E. to 721 B.C.E.

Mesopotamia

This category lists sites devoted to the ancient history of the Mesopotamian Civilization.

Please list sites devoted to the ancient history of the Mesopotamian Civilization dating from c.5000 B.C.E. to c.539 B.C.E.

Persia

This category lists sites devoted to the ancient history of the Persian Empire.

Please list sites that are devoted to the ancient history of the Persian Empire dating from 648 B.C.E. to circa 476 C.E.

Phoenicia

This category lists sites that are dedicated to the history of the ancient civilization of Phoenicia.

Please list sites that are dedicated to the history of the ancient civilization of Phoenicia dating from c.2750 B.C.E. to c.538 B.C.E.

Rome

Sites related to the history, economy, technology, culture, and society of ancient Rome - the city and its empire. The accepted time period for ancient Rome is from 753 BC (the legendary founding of Rome) to 476 AD (the overthrow of the Western Empire). This time frame may be elsewhere referred to as the "Classical" or "Antique" period. Sites focusing on the later Eastern Roman Empire should be submitted to Byzantine Empire

Please submit only sites dedicated to Roman ancient epigraphics (the study of ancient inscriptions in Latin, Greek, or other ancient languages). These may be journals, private or public collections, museums, etc.

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Seven Wonders of the World

This category lists sites dedicated to the structures considered by the ancient Greeks and Romans as the Seven Wonders of the World.

Please submit sites dedicated to structures considered by the ancient Greeks and Romans as the Seven Wonders of the World specifically the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

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Wars and Conflicts

This category lists sites specifically for wars and conflicts during the period of ancient history.

Please list sites specifically for wars and conflicts during the period of ancient history up to circa 476 B.C.E.