Ancient History
Rise of
Democratic Ideas
Ancient Greece
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html#Athenian%20Democracy
This section of the Sourcebook contains information of Athenian Democracy
and politics. Scroll to the next section for information about Sparta.
Ancient Greece and Rome
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/ancientgreecerome/resources.html
This is an extensive list of sites about life in ancient times. Scroll to
Government for items on democracy.
Athenian Democracy
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/ATHEMP.HTM
Beginning with the first Peloponnesian War, this site shows the development
of democracy and the Age of Pericles.
The Democratic Experiment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_03.shtml
How does our democracy and the Greek systems differ?
Hammurabi Code of Laws
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hamcode.html
This is the earliest known example
of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws
so that all men might read and know
what was required of them.
Justinian Code
http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/summer2004/summer2004JustinianCode.htm
The site is divided into four
parts: What is the Code? What types of law are in the Code? What areas of
law are in the Code? How do Natural Law, Law of Nations, and Civil Law
work together to create a legal system?
Exploring Ancient World Cultures on
the WWW
http://eawc.evansville.edu/
The
EAWC Internet Index tracks a
variety of resources that are relevant to the ancient and medieval worlds
and is divided into 5 sub-categories. Click on Greece or Rome at the bottom
of the page.
Nebuchadnezzar
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid+154&letter+N
The Jewish Encyclopedia divides the story of Nebuchadnezzar into sections.
Use the Encyclopedia for information about Solomon, David, Saul, and Moses.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com
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Democratic Changes
Aristocracy
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/ARISTOC.HTM
Aristos comes from the Greek meaning "best" but it at its heart it means
"rule of the best."
Constitutional Monarchies
http://search.lycos.com/index/php?src+T7&query=constitutional+monarchies.html
Republics and Monarchies
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/machiavelli-disc1-55.html
Written by Niccolo Machiavelli
True Law of Free Monarchies, 1598
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/james1-trew2.html
Constitutional document of James I
Oligarchy
http://www.bartleby.com/65/oligarch.html
A definition.
Defining Democracy
http://uninfo.state.gov/products/pubs/whatsdem/whatdm2.thtm
This definition is from the International Information Programs of the US
Government.
Direct Democracy
http://dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Democracy/Direct_Democracy/
From the Open Directory Project, this site has many links dealing with
democracy today.
Republican Form of Government
http://lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/aspects/demrephtml
Differences: Democracy vs. Republic
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England - Democracy Develops
The British Monarch
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/monarchy.html
Check on the ruler of your choice. If an error appears, take page name off
and go to Spartacus.schoolnet. Scroll to Monarchy.
Common Law
http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/commonla.html
Definition and information about Common Law
Common Law and the Magna Carta
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1n.html
Scroll to "Angevin England" and then to the Administration and The
Origins on Common Law. Continue to Parliamentary Origins in England.
Due Process of Law
http://bartleby.com/65/x-/X-dueproce.html
Definition and information about Due Process
Magna Carta
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/magnacarta/magna.html
View the English translation of the Magna Carta from the original Latin.
What does it really say?
Avalon Project at Yale - Magna Carta
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/magframe.htm
Read another translation with definitions and index. Be sure the page is
fully opened.
Medieval Sourcebook - England
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1n.html
Go back to the days of Arthur, the Normans and the Saxons, the early Kings,
and the various laws.
Additional Resources - Medieval England
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medresource.htm
History and Literature are covered on this extensive site.
English Bill of Rights
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/england.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1689billofrights.html
Both of these sites have information about the Bill of Rights
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Age of Exploration
Age of Discovery
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/ageof.htm#Exploration
Links for Exploration and Discovery
Discoverers Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/
This site contains many ways to find information. There are biographies and
link pages for single subjects, a special page for multi-page sites, an
alphabetical list of explorers, a list of changes and more.
Mariners' Museum
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/
The Mariners Museum's has biographies and
timelines about explorations from ancient times.
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/intro.php
This section from the Museum contains information about the "Age of
Exploration."
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/navmethods.php This
section contains "Early Navigation Methods."
Europe and the Age of Exploration
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/expl/hd_expl.htm
Check the pull down menu for timelines and special topics and get pictures
and information from this Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Classzone: History Makers
http://www.classzone.com/books/wh_modern05/page_build.cfm?id=feature_link&ch=3
Sites about Prince Henry the Navigator and navigation.
European exploration
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/vasco.html
Information about the Iberian pioneers, Portugal and Spain and more.
Line of Demarcation
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/modeur/mod001.htm
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the Atlantic and lands to the west would
belong to Spain and to the east would belong to Portugal. Exploration would now
begin in earnest.
Marco Polo
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/latest/explore1b/src/polointro.html
A fun site with wonderful pictures, which takes you on the adventure.
Marco Polo and Korcula
http://www.korcula.net/mpolo/index.html
A book about Marco Polo
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Isolation: China and Japan
Ming Dynasty
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinhist.html
Scroll to 15. This is the time when Marco Polo visited China and read on to
find the Portuguese setting up trade on Macao and the story continues.
Voyages of Zheng He
http://www.chinavoc.com/history/ming/zh.htm
Seven remarkable voyages were taking place through 1433. Gifts were
distributed along the journeys, but in the end and after China collected
tribute from many countries, officials discouraged the "wasting of
resources" and China retreated into isolation
Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/ends/opening.htm
From the Naval Historical Center
Commodore Perry
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/perry.html
Lecture from Columbia University with information and primary source
documents.
Tokugawa
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/east_asian_history/107175
Scroll down to the article. There are lots of other things here. Be
selective.
Tokugawa
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/TOKJAPAN/SHOGUN.HTM
1603-1868, a time of restricting the movement of the classes making the
movement of farmer to Samurai impossible.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/maritime/japan/sea.html
Scroll to: How the Name "Sea of Japan" Became Established. Look for the
paragraph which begins "From the 18th century" and keep reading.
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