About This Database

The Full Scope of Ancient and Medieval History

Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of nine civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, ancient and medieval Asia, and the Islamic Empire. Users can research each civilization in depth or use the browse feature to conduct comparative studies of events and developments across civilizations. This expansive database offers content drawn from Facts On File's acclaimed print references, complete with more than 130 videos.

Covering prehistory through the 1500s, this authoritative online database features a user-friendly interface. Unique Learning Centers pull forward handpicked entries within each major era, serving as ideal starting points for research. An extensive network of hyperlinks, including persistent record links, guides users to related topics. Other helpful features include tabbed search results and a timeline that can be viewed through the Learning Centers to focus on the major civilizations or viewed in its entirety, sortable by date. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase and can browse by topic and by civilization. In addition, biographies can be browsed by occupation, and primary sources by type. Examples of full citations are available throughout, and users can print, copy, and save content to a folder.

Features:

• Biographies: profiles of key figures of the ancient and medieval world, including Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, Hammurabi I, Mansa Musa I, Montezuma II, William the Conqueror, and Tut'ankhamun
• Events and Topics: entries describing the peoples, societies, events, and achievements of ancient and medieval history
• Primary Sources: excerpts and full text of primary source documents with brief introductions
• Timeline: hyperlinked entries, ranging from the origins of the universe to 1600 CE
• Overview Civilization Essays: overview essays describe key cultural topics
• Maps and Charts: original maps and charts, with captions, illustrating key sociological and historical concepts
• Images and Videos: more than 130 videos, with captions, covering such themes as religion, everyday life, art, and entertainment; hundreds of full-color and black-and-white images, illustrating key people, events, and artifacts of each civilization, with explanatory captions
• Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different areas of interest to help users find a starting point for their research
• Special Features: a spotlight providing an in-depth look at a topic such as Egyptian mummies; a "Focus On" feature highlighting a topic such as archaeology, with images and links
• Dictionary: more than 34,000 entries with concise, informative definitions, many with pronunciation, etymology, and syllable breaks of the word.