Middle Eastern History

Sub-headings:

Antiquity

History of the Near East and the Mediterranean world, including Egypt, prior to the concept of Europe as distinct from Africa and Asia (which arose in the fourth or fifth century AD).

Resources in this category:

Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
http://aton.ttu.edu/

This content-rich site gives users access to audio-taped narratives of the citizens of the Turkish Republic. The narratives were recorded by Dr. Warren Stanley Walker and Barbara Jeanne Kerlin Walker. The site also provides images and music.

ArmenianHouse.org
http://armenianhouse.org/

A dynamic collection of documents relating to Armenian literature, history, religion, etc. Has documents in Armenian, English, and Russian.

Azerbaijan International
http://azer.com/

"Azerbaijan International is an independent magazine published since 1993 and committed to the discussion of issues related to Azerbaijanis around the world." In addition to magazine articles, this site contains information on other topics of interest, including music, art, and international business. Also contains personal accounts written by Azerbaijanis.

Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/

An extremely thorough website that has been prepared as a WWW gathering point for Byzantine studies. Information is divided into categories: News; Academic and Teaching Resources; Texts, Images and Sounds; And Links to other resources. Also has links to sourcebooks for other areas of history.

Costumes of the Levant
http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600.technology/640/646/cost...

The site provides an overview with photographs of historical Lebanese, Syrian, Bedouin and Kurdish clothing.

Encyclopaedia of the Orient
http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

A reference tool allowing searches on anything concerning the Arabic World, "built on the idea that improved knowledge between the Muslim world and the countries of Europe and North America was extremely important both for the people suffering from misunderstandings and artificial distance, and for helping to avoid the crisis predicted by scholars for the decades to come." Has frames.

Frontline : The Gulf War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

This is the companion website to the PBS Frontline documentary "The Gulf War". It offers transcripts of interviews with participants in the war from both sides, as well as maps, a chronology of the conflict, and descriptions of the weapons employed during the war.

Iranologie.com : History of Iran page
http://www.iranologie.com/history/history.html

Traces the history of Iran from ancient times to the mid-20th century. Includes a bibliography.

Ibn Battuta on the Web
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/ibn-battuta/

Annotated web directory to information on the 14th century Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta. Includes descriptions of his travels, translations, information by region, maps and pictures.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Directory of primary source material for medieval studies that is availble on the Net. Browse by type of source or search. Includes special sections for , Maps and Images, and secondary sources. A large number of the texts on this site are religion-related, chiefly Christianity and Islam.

Islam: Empire of Faith
http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/

"Online companion to the PBS film about the faith, culture, innovation, and people of the Islamic empires."

Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/history/early+history+-+archaeolog...

"We love history. We love maps. And we think Jerusalem's kinda nifty, too. Imagine how delighted we were to find the Israeli government's Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views page. From the earliest known image of the city - a sixth-century mosaic - to a 1905 mizrach (a wall decoration indicating east), these maps depict Jerusalem with flair and symbolism. Symbolism, in fact, means more to these mapmakers than geography; were we lost in Jerusalem with one of these maps contemporarily in hand, we'd still be lost in Jerusalem. To be fair, we should say that most of the maps depict more the country than the city, but Jerusalem, being what it is, always seems to be a focal point. "