Advanced Topics
The remaining sections (VI through XI) are not required for a good general understanding. They are specialization tracks that let you go deeper into specific aspects of ancient history.
- VI. Economy, Society, and Power
- VII. Warfare, Technology, and Administration
- VIII. Late Antiquity (300–700 CE)
- IX. Comparative Empires & Global Systems
- X. Working with Ancient Sources
- XI. Research & Writing
Economy, Society, and Power
| Topic | Resource |
|---|---|
| Ancient economy | Princeton Ancient Economy Project |
| Slavery | Stanford Slavery & Abolition (Ancient) (focus on ancient contexts) |
| Law | Avalon Project Hammurabi, Roman Law |
| Gender |
Warfare, Technology, and Administration
- Yale Open Course: Ancient Warfare (integrated into ancient history lectures)
- British Museum weapons & technology
- Roman military & bureaucracy (MIT) — (left as MIT reference; see MIT OCW ancient Rome)
Late Antiquity (300–700 CE)
| Topic | Resource |
|---|---|
| Fall/Transformation of Rome | Open Yale: Late Antiquity |
| Byzantium | Dumbarton Oaks |
| Sassanian Persia | Livius.org |
Comparative Empires & Global Systems
| Topic | Resource |
|---|---|
| Rome, Han, Persia | Open Yale: Early Empires |
| Silk Roads (ancient) | Valerie Hansen Yale lectures (related Yale Open Courses) |
| Climate & collapse | NOAA + PNAS ancient climate |
Working with Ancient Sources
| Topic | Resource |
|---|---|
| Greek & Roman texts | Perseus Digital Library |
| Near Eastern texts | ETCSL (Sumerian) |
| Egyptian texts | UCLA Egyptian texts (related resources) |
| Chinese texts | Chinese Text Project |
XI. Research & Writing
| Topic | Resource |
|---|---|
| Historical research | UNC History Toolkit |
| Citation & writing | Purdue OWL + Chicago Manual online |
| Ancient history writing | Open Yale guidance (integrated into history courses) |