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World Civilization I - HIST101 - Primary Sources
Primary sources available in the library or on the Internet relevant to World Civilizations up to about 1500
Resources in Library Catalog
eBooks on this list are only available to RVCC students, faculty, and staff and require a login with your G# and password.
Africa and the West : a documentary history from the slave trade to independence
This book presents a range of hard-to-find primary source documents on Africa from the slave trade that started in the early part of the fifteenth century to independence and the problems of the post-colonial period.
Resources in Library Databases
Off campus, these resources are available only to RVCC students, staff, and faculty and require a login with your G# and password.
- Ancient and Medieval History Online This link opens in a new windowAn online resource that provides biographies on notable ancient writers, military leaders and famous philosophers, Roman Emperors, Popes, Pharaohs/Queens of Egypt and archaeologists plus timelines, maps, graphs, videos and slideshows with links to many primary sources.
Perform a keyword search, then select Primary Sources from the tabbed results.
To browse, select Primary Sources and then Ancient and Medieval Africa: 5000 BCE-1500 CE or Ancient Egypt 5000 BCE-650 CE.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary, scholarly database containing digitized back issues of academic journals, books, primary sources, and current issues of journals.
Resources on the Internet
- The Digital Library of Inscriptions and Calligraphies: Ancient Egyptian InscriptionsFrom the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, this collection of artifacts bearing inscriptions includes translations and historical period information.
- Internet Africa History SourcebookA project of Fordham University, this page brings together links to primary sources from all over the Internet.
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: EgyptA project of Fordham University, this page brings together links to primary sources from all over the Internet.
- Virtual Egyptian MuseumThe California Institute of World Archeology hosts this digitized collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts complete with descriptions. Browse by type, period, god, or material.