Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies
http://icjs.org/info/islamlinks.html
The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies has prepared a comprehensive list of Middle East resource centers at U.S. universities.
Islam and Islamic Studies, Professor Alan Godlas, University of Georgia
http://www.uga.edu/islam
A comprehensive web site created and maintained by Professor Alan Godlas of the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia.
NITLE
http://www.nitle.org/arabworld/main_menu.php
Good site for beginner materials on Islam
Ted Thornton's History of the Middle East Database
http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/mideastindex.htm
This impressive database, aimed at high school students but useful at any level, consists of two main parts: chronology of events from ancient to current times and a special topics section, which "gives an introductory overview of a number of topics including: benchmarks in Islamic history; Islam and women; colonialism in Africa and the Middle East; the political and religious landscape of the Middle East at the beginning of the 21st century." (Intute: arts and humanities)
University of Texas Middle East Network Information Center
http://menic.utexas.edu/
The University of Texas Middle East Center is terrific.
A great place to start for anything on the Middle East.
The World Civilization Virtual Library: Islam, Dr. Deborah Vess, Georgia College and State University
http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/islam.htm
A terrific site hosted by the Georgia College and State University's Dr. Deborah Vess with link after link on material about Islam and the Middle East.
ABZU
http://www.etana.org/abzu/
The University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute is the place to begin archeological search.
Christopher B. Siren's Myths and Legends
http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/myth.html
An absolutely terrific annotated website list on mythology sorted by region and era. One of the first places to visit if you are
interested in myths. Please note that the website has not been updated since June 2003.
Djoser/ Zozer/ Zoser
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html
Has an interactive section for a tour of the step
pyramid of Zoser.
Egyptology Resourceshttp://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/
A large site in UK on Egyptology.
Oriental Institute Virtual Museum
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/QTVR96/QTVR96_Image_ME_Menu.html
This is the page to begin a study of Mesopotamian life.
(But I had trouble downloading the movies.)
TourEgypt.net
http://touregypt.net/egypthistoricallinks.htm
A good, annotated list of sites for investigating Egypt.
Univeristy of Chicago Library, Middle East Photograph Archive
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/PhotoArchive.html
Some excellent photos of the Middle East.
University of Newcastle Archaeology
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/kevin.greene/wintro/
A link with commentary and material on the study of
archeology to support a course of study – good material on archeology issues.
Yale University Avalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/hammenu.htm
The Avalon project at Yale is a huge collection on the
history of law including ancient law. This page is the link to material on
Hammurabi and a discussion of the significance of the Code.
The Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project
http://www2.div.ed.ac.uk/other/ugarit//home.htm
A good site with links particularly about the ancient
site of Ugarit (known today as Ras Shamras).
Hatti
http://www.multimania.com/hatti/en/frame.html
Site about the Hittites, it was started in France and holds a database of articles from their newsletter Haluka, as well as some other resources.
Hittite Home Page
http://www.mesas.emory.edu/hittitehome/
The Hittite homepage is hosted at the Emory University, but it is not clear who is responsible for the information.
Arabic Calligraphy
http://www.islamicart.com/main/calligraphy/module.html
Interesting site on Islamic calligraphy.
ArchNet Digital Library ArtLex
BBC Religion and Ethics: Islam The Islam Project LACMA Islamic Art Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islam PBS Frontiline: Muslims Intriguing Tessellations MathPuzzle.com Totally Tessellated: An Introduction to Tessellations Dartmouth College: The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean Columbia University Libraries: Middle East and Jewish Studies Adherents.com Resource Pages for Biblical Studies Al Ahram Weekly Online ArabNet ArabNews.com BBC.com International News Daily Star, Lebanon Fatwa Online Haaretz.com Jerusalem Post NationalGeographic.com PBS.org Global Connections Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism University of Minnesota Libraries: John B. Borchert Map Library Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs Life Behind the Wall Internet Ancient History Sourcebook VoS (Voice of the Shuttle) WashingtonPost.com al-Bab CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) Looting Matters!
http://archnet.org/library/
"ArchNet is an online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world."
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/ij/islamic.html
ArtLex on Islam and Islamic Art has resources on the art terminology.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/art/art_1.shtml
BBC section on Religion & Ethics explores Islamic Art.
http://www.theislamproject.org/education/gw_general_islam.htm
A reliable set of annotated links.
http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosts this page on Islamic art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view50.asp?dep=14
A collection of image of Islamic Art but also a starting point for searching the whole Met online collection.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/
Another PBS site which is reliable.Tessellations
http://tessellations.home.comcast.net/
Marjorie Rice's site offers some "patterns found in nature and their mathematical relationships". In addition to her won designs, there are links related to tessellations.
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/tilepent.html
Tiling patterns and more information about them.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/sitemap.html
"This site gives students a comprehensive introduction to tessellations and explains the basic math that is used in creating them. So enter Totally Tessellated to learn, create, explore, and have fun!"
Ancient Archeology: Eastern Mediterranean
http://projectsx.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
A series of lessons on the ancient Aegean/pre-Greek.Literature
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/arabic_lit.html
A solid, scholarly link on Arabic literature.Religion
http://www.adherents.com/
Good site for statistics on religions.
http://www.torreys.org/bible/
A good place to explore ancient Christianity.Current Events/News
http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/
Frequently consulted Egyptian weekly.
http://www.arab.net
A site for links about the Arab world current news.
http://www.arabnews.net/
A place to go to get links to Al Jazeera and other news sources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok
International news from UK.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Online paper from Beirut.
http://www.fatwa-online.com/
An Islamic site to see what groups are saying about themselves.
http://www.haaretz.com/
A second newspaper in English from Israel.
http://www.jpost.com/
The online newspaper from Jerusalem
– generally liberal, supporting Labor, and meant for US readership.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/iraq/
Maps of Iraq. Useful for current events.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/
Put together by WGBH and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, this has links and information on background about the Middle East and current events.
http://www.kultur.gov.tr/
Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture offers several sections of interest to your project.
http://map.lib.umn.edu/
Interesting site with maps of places in current events
http://www.wrmea.com/
A US weekly, sympathetic to Palestinian cause, very intent on providing alternative views of Middle East, can be quite outspoken in criticism of US policies abroad. Pride themselves on "fair" reporting–useful for going beyond mainstream US media.Middle Eastern Voices
http://www.lifebehindthewall.com/
The students at the Ramallah Friends School in Palestine have created an on-line magazine, a good primary source.History Research
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Paul Halsalls Sourcebook has primary source documents for all places and times
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
One of the first and an excellent website to begin
research.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/drg/
Washington Post's alter ego online.Miscellaneous Sites
http://www.al-bab.com/default.htm
Brian Whitaker's website covers many topics on Islam and the Arabic world--from literature to current issues.
http://www.csis.org/burke/saudi21/
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has statistics and analysis. This page is on Saudi Arabia.
http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/dg/looting/
Begins a discussion with links on the whole issue of looting ancient antiquities.
Dana Hall School - Social Studies Department (2008)