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bullet Abila of the Decapolis Archaeological Project in Jordan
bullet Abzu - Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet
bullet Ancient Near East.net
bullet Ancient Near Eastern Art - George Ortiz Collection
bullet Ancient Near Eastern Art - Michael C. Carlos Museum
bullet Ancient Near Eastern Art - Metropolitan Museum of Art
bullet Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean World - University of Chicago Classics Project
bullet Ancient Near East Site Maps
bullet AncientScripts.com
bullet Archaeology in the Levant
bullet Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus
bullet Biblical Archaeologist Magazine
bullet Black Sea Trade Project
bullet Encyclopaedia of the Orient
bullet Exploring Ancient World Cultures -- Chronology (with links) of the Ancient Near East
bullet The History of the Ancient Near East - extensive info and links!
bullet History of the Middle East Data Base
bullet Medieval Judaism - class notes for Religious Studies class
bullet Mithraism - an essay by David Fingrut
bullet Music of the Ancient Near East
bullet Near East Archaeological Society (Canada)
bullet Odyssey Online - "Near East" (Emory Univ.)
bullet Okeanos - Ancient Near Eastern Studies
bullet Oriental Institute of Chicago - overview of the enormous collection of ancient Middle Eastern art and artifacts by civilization and topic
bullet Pre-Islamic Arabic culture
bullet Rulers/Kings of the Middle East
bullet Selected Bibliography on Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
bullet Timeline of Middle Eastern History with links
bullet Ubar:  Lost City of Arabia (PBS-NOVA)
bullet The Urban River Valley Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

    Ancient Egypt:
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The Akhet-Aten Home Page - The internet source for Amarna period information
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Akhet Egyptology:  The Horizon to the Past
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Amarna Letters
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Amarna Resources
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Ancient Egypt - numerous links to within this site covering all aspects of ancient Egyptian life and culture
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Ancient Egypt - numerous links to sites covering all aspects of ancient Egyptian life and culture
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Ancient Egypt - The British Museum
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Ancient Egypt Online - The Royal Ontario Museum
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Ancient Egyptian and Nubian Art
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Ancient Egyptian Agriculture and the Origins of Horticulture (.pdf file)
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Ancient Egyptian Art - Michael C. Carlos Museum

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Ancient Egyptian Mathematics (1)
bullet Ancient Egyptian Mathematics (2)
bullet Ancient Egyptian Myth
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Ancient Egyptian Timeline
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Ancient Era of the African Continent - Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Thebes (Modern Luxor)
bullet Alexandria, Egypt
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The Animal Mummies Project - Cairo Museum
bullet Archaeological Site Photography: Ancient Egypt
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Archaeological Sites in Egypt
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Architecture of Egypt - Great Buildings Online
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The Armies of the Pharaohs, 3200-1300 B.C.
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The Art of Ancient Egypt (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
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"At the Tomb of King Tutankhamen" - National Geographic
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Biographies of Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs

bullet A Brief Chronology of the Great Pharaohs
bullet Cairo Museum - Virtual Tour of Ancient Egypt
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Chronology of Ancient Egyptian History
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The City of Akhet-Aten or Tell el-Amarna
bullet The Divine Realm: Gods, Goddesses, and the Afterlife
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Duke University Papyrus Archives
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Egypt:  A Travelogue with Many Pictures
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Egypt:  Land of the Gods - The History Channel
bullet Egypt- A New Look at an Ancient Culture
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Egypt's Fragrant Golden Age

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Egypt's Golden Empire (PBS-NOVA)
bullet Egyptian Art - many, many images (Berger Foundation)
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Egyptian Art - Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids
bullet Egyptian Collection - Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Egyptian History & Antiquities - Egyptian Dept. of Tourism
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The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities - official website

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Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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Egyptology & Hittitology Sites
bullet Egyptology:  Personal Profiles
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The el-Amarna Letters: An Introduction
bullet Encyclopedia of the Rulers of Egypt
bullet Explore Ancient Egypt (PBS-NOVA)
bullet Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) Egypt
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The Great Sphinx of Giza (PBS-NOVA)
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Hieroglyphics Translator (online)
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History of Costume - Egypt
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The History of Egypt
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History of Egyptian Architecture - many images
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The History of Plumbing - Ancient Egypt
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"How to Make A Mummy" - National Geographic
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Index of Egyptian History
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The Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology - University of Memphis
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KMT- A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt
bullet Journey Into the "Land of the Pharaohs"
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Life of the Ancient Egyptians
bullet Life in Ancient Egypt
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The Luxor Museum
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MAP-->"Ancient Egypt"
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MAP-->"West Bank at Luxor
bullet "Medicine in Ancient Egypt"-- Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 - by Dr. Sameh M. Arab; via Arab World Books
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Memphis (1)
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Memphis (2)
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Memphis of the White Walls by Marie Parsons
bullet Mysteries of Egypt (Civilization.ca)
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"A New Look at an Ancient Culture:  Egypt" - Expedition magazine
bullet A New Look at Ancient Egypt @ UPMAA
bullet Nile Pyramids
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NMs Creative Impulse - Ancient Egyptian Links - mega site
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Odyssey Online - "Egypt" (Emory Univ.)
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The Pharaonic Village:  A Living History Museum (Egypt)
bullet Principal Kings of Egypt (with their cartouches)
bullet The Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian
bullet Ptolemaic Egypt
bullet Ptolemaic Egypt and its Culture -- The Rosetta Stone
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The Pyramids (1)
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Pyramids:  The Inside Story (PBS-NOVA)
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Pyramids - from the site, "Guardian's Egypt"
bullet The Quest for Immortality- Treasures of Ancient Egypt
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Rosetta Stone (1)   (2)   (3)  

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Scholars, Scoundrels, and the Sphinx - exhibit at the McLung Museum (Knoxville, TN)
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Secrets of the Pharaohs (PBS)
bullet A Short Introduction to Hieroglyphs by Serge Rosmorduc
bullet Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society
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The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser - Third Dynasty (2800 BCE)
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Tel El Amarna (1)
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Tell El-Amarna, Capital of the Disk
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Theban Mapping Project
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Theban Royal Mummy Project
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Thebes Photographic Project
bullet Timeline of Ancient Egypt
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Timeline for Egyptian Historic Sites and Pharaohs

bullet Timeline of Egyptian History
bullet Tomb of Senneferi, Sheikh abd el-Qurna Hill, Luxor, Egupt
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Tour Ancient Egypt - many images
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Tour of the Workmen's Village and Two Tombs: The Tomb of Sennedjem and the Tomb of Senenmut
bullet Tut-Ankhamun - Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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Tutankhamen - very detailed
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Valley of the Kings
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VirtualEgypt.com
bullet "Walk Like an Egyptian"
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Wine in Ancient Egypt
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Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt (Kelsey Museum)
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The World of Ancient Egypt
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World Heritage Sites in Egypt

    Ancient Mesopotamia:
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About Cuneiform Writing. . .

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Akkad
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The Ancient Cultures of Mesopotamia
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Ancient Mesopotamia - An In-Depth Chronology
bullet Ancient Mesopotamia - many links within the site itself
bullet Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia
bullet Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia
bullet The Armies of Sumer and Akkad, 3500-2200 BC
bullet Babylon
bullet Babylonia (1)
bullet Babylonia (2)
bullet Babylonian Ancient Texts
bullet Babylonian Mathematics (1)
bullet Babylonian Mathematics (2)
bullet Babylonia and Ancient Near Eastern Texts - Britannica Keyed
bullet Brief History of the Assyrians
bullet British Museum - Mesopotamia Exhibit
bullet City of Babylon - Virtual Tour
bullet Collapse:  Why do civilizations fall? -- Mesopotamia
bullet Counting in Babylon
bullet Cuneiform Calculator
bullet Cuneiform Tablets
bullet CyberMuseum - Mesopotamia
bullet Early Dynastic Sumer (2900-2370BCE) - 7 images of artifacts
bullet The Epic of Gilgamesh - An Outline with Bibliography and Links
bullet Explore the Land of Ur
bullet "First of all, hello and welcome to the city of Babylon!" - a computer simulation of the ancient city
bullet Gateways to Babylon
bullet Geography and the Spread of Agriculture
bullet Gods, Goddesses, Demons and Monsters - Mesopotamia Gallery at the British Museum
bullet The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
bullet History of the Assyrians
bullet History of Costume - Mesopotamia
bullet The History of Plumbing - Babylonia
bullet History of the Mesopotomian and Assyrian religions
bullet Internet Ancient History Sourcebook:  Mesopotamia
bullet Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia - it is just that--a very good intro.
bullet Iraq - The Cradle of Civilization at Risk -- Cultural heritage and historical monuments
bullet Kar Nibru, The Nippur Quay! A Wonderful Bronze Age Business District! - a cuneiform library from Sumer
bullet Lagash (1) - many images of archaeological site
bullet Lagash (2)
bullet The Life and Times of the Babylonians by Francis Butterley
bullet MAP-->"Ancient Mesopotamia (1)"
bullet MAP-->"Ancient Mesopotamia (2)"
bullet MAP-->"Detailed Map of Mesopotamia"
bullet MAP-->"West Asia To 1200 BCE"
bullet Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia (1)
bullet Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia (2)
bullet Mesopotamia - an in-depth study
bullet Mesopotamia 9000 - 500 BCE - timeline
bullet Mesopotamian History
bullet Mesopotamian Mathematics
bullet Mesopotamian Pantheon of Gods
bullet Mesopotamian Timeline
bullet The Monuments of Ancient Sumer
bullet Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Mesopotamia
bullet Nippur--Sacred City of Enlil
bullet NMs Creative Impulse - Ancient Mesopotamian Links - mega site
bullet The Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
bullet Royal Tombs of Ur - British Museum
bullet Royal Tombs of Ur - Univ. of PA Galleries
bullet Rulers of Lagash
bullet Sex Life of the Date in Ancient Mesopotamia
bullet Slides of Mesopotamian Art
bullet Some Problems for Mesopotamian Archaeology
bullet Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh
bullet Sumer, Babylon, and the Hittites
bullet Sumeria - excellent links to all aspects of the civilization
bullet Sumerian Ancient Texts
bullet Sumerian literature: ETCSL: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
bullet Sumerian Religion
bullet The Sumerians (2900-1800 BCE)
bullet The Tower of Babel (1)   (2)
bullet Treasures from the Royal Tombs at Ur - McClung Museum (Knoxville, TN) - many images
bullet Ur - many images of the archaeological site
bullet Ur (Tell El Muqayyar)
bullet Virtual Tour of the Oriental Institute’s Museum - Mesopotamia
bullet Was Beer the First Great Cereal Food?
bullet Wine in Ancient Mesopotamia
bullet Women In Hammurabi's Era
bullet Women in Mesopotamia
bullet Write Like a Babylonian
bullet Writing (Cuneiform) - British Museum
bullet The Ziggurat (and temple?) of Ur-Nammu
bullet Ziggurats of Mesopotamia

    Ancient Israel:
bullet Ancient Jewish History (JVL)
bullet Biblical Archaeology:  The Stones Cry Out
bullet Biblical Beginnings in Canaan
bullet Biblical Studies - Resource Pages
bullet Canaan and Ancient Israel
bullet First Century Judaism
bullet The Hebrews
bullet The Hebrews:  A Learning Module
bullet Heritage- Civilization and the Jews (PBS)
bullet History of Jerusalem - Timeline
bullet History of Judaism - timeline
bullet The History of Plumbing - Ancient Jerusalem
bullet "Jewish Roots in Africa" - essay by George E. Lichtblau
bullet The Jews of Cochin
bullet Lost Tribes of Israel (PBS-NOVA)
bullet Post Biblical Judaism
bullet Scrolls from the Dead Sea - The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship (Library of Congress)
bullet Second Temple Synagogues
bullet The Temple Mount in Jerusalem
bullet Women of Ancient Israel

    Ancient Persia:
bullet 7000 Years of Persian Art
bullet Ancient Iran - Persepolis - Persia
bullet Ancient Persia
bullet AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives
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History of the Persian religion and Cyrus the Great

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Images from World History- Parthia
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Images from World History- Sasanid Empire
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IRANSAGA ( Persian History and Culture )
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Parthia.com
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The Parthian Empire
bullet Persepolis and Ancient Iran - over 900 photos - Oriental Institute (Chicago)
bullet "Persia and Constantinople Make Way for Islam" - Frank E. Smitha
bullet The Persian Empire and Dualism
bullet The Royal Road
bullet The Stone Tablets of Cyrus & Darius:  The Persian Rosetta Stone
bullet Timeline of Iranian History
bullet Traditional Zoroastrianism: Tenets of the Religion
bullet ZoroastrianNet

    Ancient Anatolia:
bullet Anatolia-  A Journey into the Heart of History
bullet Çatal Hüyük - excavation of a Neolithic city
bullet Çatalhöyük –  Archaeological Site
bullet Mysteries of Çatal Höüyk
bullet Timeline of the Hittites

    Ancient Phoenicia:
bullet A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia and the Phoenicians, Punic, Canaanites -- The Phoenician Encyclopedia -- Encyclopedia Phoeniciana

    The Arab Muslim Dynasties:
bullet A Brief Chronology of Muslim History
bullet A Brief Chronology of Islamic History - I
bullet A Brief Chronology of Islamic History - II
bullet A Brief Chronology of Muslim History - III
bullet The 'Abbasids - coins
bullet Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
bullet Al-Andalus - coins
bullet Al-Idrisi: Spanish Muslim Philosopher (1099-1166)
bullet Al-Razi (Rhazes)
bullet Ancient Arabia
bullet "Arabs, Muhammad and Islamic Empire to 680" - Frank E. Smitha
bullet "The Assassins" by Philip K. Hitti from The Book of Grass: An Anthology on Indian Hemp
bullet Avicenna (980 - 1037 AD) - Catholic Encyclopedia
bullet The Ayyubids - coins
bullet Baghdad--Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate (Chapter 5) - Gaston Wiet
bullet The Byzantine Empire during the Crusades
bullet "Byzantium confronted by Islam" essay by Judith Herrin from The Formation of Christendom
bullet Chronology of Islam
bullet A Chronology of Muslim History
bullet Chronology of Muslims in Europe
bullet The Crusade of 1101
bullet The Crusades and the Rise of Islam
bullet Crusades in the Levant (1097-1291)
bullet "A Documentary Journey From al-Farghani (?-861?) and al-Battani (858?-929) to Christoph Clavius (1538-1612) and Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) - English Synopsis" by Fung Kam Wing
bullet The Early Islamic Conquests - essay by Fred Donner
bullet Exploring Ancient World Cultures -- Chronology (with links) of Early Islam
bullet Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Early Islam
bullet Fatimid Cairo: al-Qahira (Egyptvoyager.com)
bullet Fatimid and Mamluk Architecture
bullet The Fatimids
bullet The First Four Caliphs
bullet Genealogy of the 'Abbasids
bullet Haroun al-Rashid and the Golden Abbasid Age (Arabic News, 3-31-98)
bullet Harun-al-Rashid: Caliph from 786-809 CE (170-193 AH)
bullet Harun al-Rashid (170-193AH/786-809AD) - coins
bullet Heritage- Civilization and the Jews (PBS)
bullet Historical Maps of Islam
bullet Historical Maps of the Middle East
bullet History of Moorish Spain
bullet Ibn Battuta
bullet Ibn Battuta:  The Great Traveller
bullet Ibn Khaldun (Islamic Encyclopedia)
bullet Ibn Khaldun - His Life and Work
bullet Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Doctor of Doctors
bullet The Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
bullet Islam during the Crusades
bullet "Islam: Empire of Faith" (PBS)
bullet "Islam Expands and Fragments" - Frank E. Smitha
bullet Islam in Spain
bullet Islamic Coins
bullet "The Islamic Foundation for the [European] Renaissance" - essay by Hugh Bibbs
bullet Islamic History from 570-1000
bullet "The Islamic Legacy of Timbuktu" - essay by Tahir Shah
bullet The Islamic Timeline - Princeton Univ.
bullet The Islamic world—History, Beliefs, and Culture (Infoplease.com)
bullet The Islamic World to 1600 (University of Calgary)
bullet Maimonides: Prayer, Worship, and Mysticism
bullet The Main Crusades to the East-First to Fourth
bullet The Main Crusades to the East-Fifth to Eighth
bullet The Mamluks
bullet The Mamluks - coins
bullet MAP-->"The Almoravids, Seljuks, and Ghazanids Expansion, 1100"
bullet MAP-->"Arab Expansion to 850"
bullet MAP-->"The Islamic World in 1500"
bullet MAP-->"Late Abbasids, 900"
bullet MAP-->"Muslim Expansion Until 661"
bullet MAP-->"The Muslim and Mongol Empires, 1000-1500"
bullet MAP-->"The Muslim World, 1300"
bullet MAP-->"The Muslim World, 1500"
bullet MAP-->"Umayyad Empire, 750"
bullet Maps of Islam's Historical Development
bullet Maps and Countries of the Muslim World
bullet "Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam" - Patricia Crone
bullet "Muhammad and the Quran: Messenger and Message" - chapter 1 in John L. Esposito's Islam: The Straight Path
bullet "The Muslim Community in History" - chapter 2 in John L. Esposito's Islam: The Straight Path
bullet Muslim Scholars and Thinkers through the 14c (Princeton University)
bullet Omar Khayyam
bullet Persian Art Through the Centuries - The Mongol Il-Khans, 1256-1394
bullet Persian Art Through the Centuries - The Timurids, 1387-1502
bullet Race and Slavery in the Middle East (Chapter 1) - Bernard Lewis
bullet Saladin (Encyclopedia.com)
bullet State and Society in Fatimid Egypt (chapter 4 - 'The Ruling Circles') - Lev Jacov
bullet The Teachings of Moses Maimonides (Catholic Encyclopedia)
bullet The Travels of Ibn Battuta - A Virtual Tour with the 14th Century Traveler
bullet "Tribe and State in Arabia: Second Essay" by Fred Donner from The Early Islamic Conquests
bullet The Umayyads - coins
bullet Web Resources on Moorish Spain


    The Turkish Muslim Dynasties & The Safavids:
bullet 700th Anniversary of the Ottoman Empire
bullet Baha'i History of Isfahan
bullet Constantinople City of the World's Desire 1453-1924 by Philip Mansel
bullet "Decline of the Ottoman Empire" - Frank E. Smitha
bullet The Famous Naval Battle of Lepanto in 1571
bullet The Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
bullet "Iran under the Safavids" - Frank E. Smitha
bullet Istanbul.com
bullet Lepanto - the Repulse of Islam
bullet Mamluk Architecture
bullet MAP-->"The Ottoman Empire" (slide show of different maps showing the growth and decline of the Empire)
bullet MAP-->"The Ottoman Empire and Afro-Eurasian Trade Routes"
bullet The Ottoman Empire:  Its Structure and Institutions
bullet The Ottoman Khilafa
bullet Ottoman Miniatures
bullet The Ottoman Traders Guild
bullet The Ottomans
bullet The Ottomans - coins
bullet The Ottomans - Rivals to Rome
bullet Samarkand
bullet Selim III
bullet Shah Abbas I
bullet Suleyman
bullet Sultan Mehmet II - Olga's Gallery
bullet Tamerlane (Timur)
bullet "Timur and the Ottoman Turks" - Frank E. Smitha
bullet Timur and Timurids
bullet The Topkapi Palace Museum
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Turkish Odyssey - a detailed history of Turkey
bullet Welcome to Isfahan!


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          The Ancient Period:
bullet The Hebrew Creation Narrative - Book of Genesis (1-3)
bullet Hebrew Piety (Psalm 1), The Religion of the Prophetic Revolution (Amos 5:21-24), and Hebrew Philosophy (Proverbs 10:5-14)
bullet 2700-2500 BCE:  The Epic of Gilgamesh - The Flood Story (part I)    (part II)
bullet 2500:  Umma and Lagash - translation of cuneiform on clay cylinder tablets
bullet 2300-428 BCE:  A Collection of Contracts from Mesopotamia
bullet 2250-550 BCE:  A Collection of Mesopotamian Laws
bullet 2200 BCE:  The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep
bullet 2100 BCE:  Hymn to the Nile
bullet 2000 BCE:  Proverbs from Ki-en-gir (Sumer),
bullet 1763 BCE:  Code of Laws - Hammurabi
bullet 1469 BCE:  The Battle of Meggido - an Egyptian account
bullet 1294 BCE:  The Battle of Kadesh - an Egyptian Account
bullet 12c BCE:  Babylonian Creation Myth
bullet 240 BCE:  "The Papyrus of Ani" - from the Egyptian Book of the Dead
bullet 50 BCE - 100 CE:  A Dead Sea Scroll - The Essenes' Manual of Discipline
bullet The Beatitudes (Luke 6: 20-26)
bullet 1 BCE - 110 CE:  Roman Sources on the Jews and Judaism
bullet 1c BCE - 3c CE:  Sampler of Inscriptions Documenting Jews and Judaism in the Greco-Roman Diaspora
bullet 70:  Siege and Fall of Jerusalem -  Masada - both by Josephus


The Muslim Dynasties:
bullet 624:  The Battle of Badr
bullet 642:  Accounts of the Arab Cnquest of Egypt
bullet 650:  The Qur'an - Call for Jihad - Muhammed
bullet 7c:  The Pact of Umar - The Status of Non-Muslims Under Muslim Rule
bullet 711:  Tarik's address to his soldiers
bullet 712:  The Islamic conquest of Spain - an account by Ibn Abd al-Hakim
bullet 713:  The Treaty of Orihuela
bullet 732:  Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours - Three Accounts
bullet 798:  Abu Yusuf's Letter to Caliph Harun al-Rashid (From the Book of Land Tax  - Abu Yusuf )
bullet late 8c:  Selections from the "Life of Muhammad" - Ibn Ishaq (died c.773 CE)
bullet 860:  Abû Ûthmân al-Jâhiz - The Essays - excerpts On the Zanj (Black Africans). Arab Muslim opinions
bullet 870-71?:  The Islamic Conquest of Spain - Ibn Abd-el-Hakem
bullet 878:  John II - Indulgence for Fighting the Heathen
bullet 9c:  Islam and the Jews - The Pact of Umar
bullet 980:  Ibn-Miskawaih: The Experiences of the Nations
bullet 980:  Ruminations and Reminiscences - Al-Tanûkhî ("The Table Talk of a Mesopotamian Judge")
bullet 10c:  An Arab Ambassador in Constantinople
bullet 1000:  Baghdad under the Abbasids - Yakut
bullet 1098-1249:  Letters of the Crusaders
bullet 1099:  Fulk of Chartres - The Capture of Jerusalem
bullet 1175:  Usmah Ibn Munqidh's Comments on the Franks
bullet 1187:  "Some Medieval Accounts of Salah al-Din's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds)" - Hadia Dajani-Shakeel
bullet 1188:  The Saladin Tithe
bullet 1192:  Richard the Lionheart Makes Peace with Saladin (Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi)
bullet 1195:  Licence to Venice to trade with the Saracens - Pope Innocent III
bullet 12c:  A Christian-Muslim debats (several different document excerpts)
bullet 12c:  The Laws and Basic Principles of the Torah - Maimonides
bullet 12c:  Oath of Maimonides
bullet 1204:  Nicetas Choniates - The Sack of Constantinople
bullet 1238:  Al-Makrisi: Account of the Crusade of St. Louis
bullet 1248:  Bills of Sale for Saracen Slave Girls
bullet 13c:  Book of the Maghrib - Ibn Said
bullet 1325-54:  Travels in Asia and Africa - Ibn Batutta
bullet 1492:  The Jewish Expulsion from Spain
bullet 1493:  The Tribute of Children - the Jannisaries
bullet 1550:  A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent - translated from a Genoese Letter
bullet 16c:  The Young Woman and Her Five Suitors from The Thousand and One Nights
bullet 1673-77:  Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia
bullet 1718:  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Dining With The Sultana
bullet 1772:  The Status of Jews and Christians in Muslim Lands
bullet 1799:  A Survey of the Turkish Empire - by Sir William Eton

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