Call for Content: Ancient History Encyclopedia

[thamis]

Hello!

I am the editor of the Ancient History Encyclopedia (http://www.ancientopedia.com), a new web resource for ancient history. The website already has a sizable database of entries, but we need more content, especially those of academic quality. Would you be interested in contributing to the site?

The site is organized around tags. Each tag has a definition (an encyclopedia-like general text), articles (in-depth and more academic texts of greater length), a timeline, illustrations /maps, books, and references / links. This format is created specifically for presenting historical information, unlike any other site on the internet. We have a great way of organizing information, but we need more content to make the site as big as it can be.

All contributors can earn money through the advertisements that are displayed next to their content, so that the efforts will be worthwhile, especially when the site receives more visitors.

Please have a look at the site and see what you think (any feedback is welcome). If you wish to contribute, you can register and start submitting straight away (all submissions are reviewed), and if you don't know what to write, visit the "Contribute" page listed in the top menu.

I would also be grateful if you could tell others who might be interested in the site, and post a link and maybe also this call for content on your website/blog.

Thank you for your attention and I hope to see you on Ancient History Encyclopedia.

Greetings,

Jan van der Crabben

 

[Plotinus]

Looks interesting. I like the layout and the books which are advertised. A few corrections: Paul of Tarsus was an evangelist, not an evangelical, he did not write most of the epistles of the New Testament, and it is both anachronistic and question-begging to describe his message as one of a "dying and reviving god"; there is no reason to think that Cyril of Alexandria really had anything to do with the death of Hypatia; Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a later compilation of originally independent writings, not a single treatise written for his son; Osrhoene may have preceded Armenia as the first officially Christian state; angels have never settled in Britain, no matter what the right-wing press wants you to believe; and no way were Genesis or Exodus written in c. 1400 BCE. Also, if you're going to use the "AD" system, it comes before the date, not after it (e.g. AD 300, not 300 AD).

 

[TheLastOne36]

Add a little something about the Garamantes.

 

[frekk]

Small correction on your "Celt" entry.

Ironworking did not "spread" to the Urnfield culture. Ironworking was developed independantly in the region around Hallstatt, much as the Beakers had independantly developed bronze in the western Alps. From there, it spread to most of Europe, including groups immediately south of the area - namely, the Illyrians, who, via the Dorians, spread ironworking to Greece.

The reason it developed in this region is thought to be that they had very restricted access to tin and therefore weren't capable of producing much bronze. They turned to iron as a substitute - initially, an inferior one, since the very earliest ironmaking techniques could not produce a metal with as reliable a mix of elasticity and hardness as bronze.

 

[thamis]

Thanks for all your input. You seem to be very knowledgeable, so I repeat my invitation: Please come and help the site by contributing articles, definitions, maps, timeline entries, and illustrations.