This is a project to better organize information in articles related to the Ancient Near East. This page and its subpages contain suggestions. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.
Title
WikiProject on Ancient Near East
Scope/Goals
in Ancient Near East related articles,
Parentage
Wikipedia:WikiProject History
Descendant WikiProjects
A (logical, not chronological) descendant of this WikiProject is:
Related WikiProjects
Participants
- dab 18:05, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Wetman 18:29, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- G Rutter 20:56, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Ben 16:58, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Structure
Key articles
Maps
Categories
Category:Ancient Near East
Templates
{{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}: Template:Ancient Mesopotamia
{{Hittite king|predecessor|successor}}: Template:Hittite king
{{Assyrian king|predecessor|successor}}: Template:Assyrian king
Guidelines/Standards
"Near East"/"Middle East"/"Orient"
It seems that "Near East" is the preferred name now (googlehits "Ancient NE/ME/Orient": ca. 25:5:1).
The standard should be to use "Near East" in article titles and to create redirects for "Middle East" and "Orient".
Orthography
(suggestions needed!)
- Spelling of royal names in king lists (and on articles on individual kings)?
- other articles that include king lists (excluding Egypt): Lagash, Mitanni, Kingdom of Israel
Chronology
(suggestions needed!)
Note: the most important thing is that you don't simply copy dates from some book or off the web. pre-1000 BC dating is very complicated, and you should at the very least be aware whether your dates are middle chronology or short chronology. Even then dates should be attributed (where were they taken from), and possibly given together with a justification what evidence they are based on.
Templates/Categories
Last updated: 05-27-2005 16:13:20
