Part of the Internet History Sourcebook Project edited by Paul Halsell at Fordham University. This site is an excellent place for learning about the historical development of Judaism. (
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html
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This award-winning Web site is the current leader among sites dealing with ancient Greek culture. Here users will find ancient texts in either English or Greek, maps, photos of sites and artifacts, and a wide variety of other resources dealing with ancient Greece. (
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
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A fine set of introductory pages dealing with all of the major periods in ancient Greek history. (
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
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A brief introduction to Alexander the Great, whose conquests help secure the place of Greek language and culture in the Middle East. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
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Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion This is a wonderful essay surveying the origins of Mithraism, its principal rituals, and its legacy in the ancient Roman world. (
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Religion/Mithraism/D...
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The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras This illustrated essay is adapted from David Ulansey's article "Solving the Mithraic Mysteries," in Biblical Archaeology Review 20 1994_1995. (
http://www.well.com/user/davidu/mithras.html
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