EB 2 Progress And The Community!

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

Do you have any tips for doing research and finding information? I have access to article databases like Jstor, etc. but anytime I try to use them all I get is irrelevant stuff like "Sexuality among lower income Muslim men aged 18-35 in Southern Dagestan"

In general, as Ailfertes states, the ancient sources, particularly Strabo and Pliny, are an excellent starting point. In terms of the Geographical data, these can be supplemented with modern climatological data, for which I usually start with wikipedia: obviously, it should be noted if there were major climatic shifts. For the historical section we are really after an overview of socio-political development in that specific region - again ancient sources are useful, and should be at least examined, but using a entry-level, more general, history to begin is great.

If you have access to JSTOR, I would guess that you are either a secondary, tertiary or postgrad student. As such you may have access to such resources as Brill's New Pauly - which, usually, has accurate scholarly encyclopedia articles on a wide-range of subjects including regions.

I hope this is helpful - and not overwhelming.