Teaching World History Using the Internet

Table of Contents

Temple & Funerary Architecture of Ancient Egypt: Giza, Luxor, and Abu Simbel

Ancient Greece and Rome Talk Show

Wonders of Ancient China

What Was the Silk Road?

The Mayan Mystery Game

Extreme Reactions to the Black Death

The Conquistadors Meet the Aztecs

Absolutism and Totalitarianism: A Simulation

Enlightenment Ideas: Alive and Well Today?

The Science and Technology of Exploration

The Ottoman Empire: A Model of Multiculturalism?

David-Frank or Franc?

The African Slave Trade: A World History Perspective

Child Use or Abuse during the Industrial Revolution?

The Industrial Revolution: The Winners and the Losers

The Complex Conflict in Europe: World War I Beginnings and the Balkan Situation Today

World War II Personal Accounts

African Art and Culture

Destination Europe

Annotated World History Web Sisommairetes

Temple & Funerary Architecture of Ancient Egypt:
Giza, Luxor, and Abu Simbel
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• The Great Temple of Abu Simbel
  http://www.ccer.nl/apps/Abu_Simbel/abu_simbel1.html

• Luxor
  http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/luxortm.php

• Pyramids at Giza
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Ancient Greece and Rome Talk Show
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• Mrs. Donn's Special Sections Daily Life Site Index
  http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/indexlife.html

  Greece

  • The Ancient Greek World
    http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

  • Ancient Greece
    http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/

  • Greece: Everyday Life
    http://www.thatsgreece.com/online/section.asp?section=10
    http://greece.mrdonn.org/index.html

  • Ancient Greece Unplugged
    http://web.archive.org/web/20050219031552/http://www.fcps.edu/OakViewES/smith/95-
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Greek Waterworks
    http://web.archive.org/web/20001009154803/http://www.greekciv.pdx.edu/science/water/
    (Link is to an archive)

  Rome

  • Daily Roman Life
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080107061805/http://www.uvm.edu/
    ~classics/webresources/life/index.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Tour Ancient Rome (Google Earth)
    http://earth.google.com/rome/

  • History of Plumbing (Rome)
    http://www.theplumber.com/eng.html

• The History of Fashion and Dress: Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome
  http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/ancientrome.htm

• Costumes and Clothing: The Classical World
  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7631/costume2.html

• Greek Clothing
  http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Costume_History/greek.htm

• Roman Clothing
  http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-dress.html

Wonders of Ancient China
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• Chinese Calligraphy
  http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy.html

• Discover China
  http://www.chinavista.com/travel/virtualtours.html
  Or try one of the links on this page if the page does not load (link is to an archive).

• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbookmovies.html

  What Was Life in Ancient China Like?

  • Ancient China
    http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html

  • Daily Life in Ancient China
    http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Chinalife.html

  • Ancient Dynasties
    http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/ancient1.html

  The Great Wall

  • Great Wall of China
    http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/

  • TravelChinaGuide.com: Great Wall of China
    http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/

  The Forbidden City

  • The Forbidden City
    http://www.stuebegreen.com/wonderland/photos/fc/pix0.html

  • The Forbidden City: A Virtual Tour—Beijing Vista: China Virtual Tours
    http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/!start.html
    Or try one of the links on this page if the page does not load (link is to an archive).

  Mystery Mummies

  • Nova Online|Mysterious Mummies of China|Mummies 101
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/mummies101.html

  • CNN-Mummies in silks found in China Desert-Dec. 17, l996
    http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9612/17/mummies/index.html

  • ABCNews.com: Lee Dye-Secrets of Cherchen Man
    http://web.archive.org/web/20000815090020/abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DyeHard/
    (Link is to an archive)

  Terra Cotta Soldiers

  • News Break
    http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/terra.html

  • Emperor Qin's Army
    http://www.bootsnall.com/travelstories/asia/jul03qin.shtml

  • Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army
    http://archaeology.about.com/od/china/a/terracotta.htm

  Magao Grottoes

  • Mogao Caves: Art of Dunhuang Caves
    http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/gansu/dunhuang/mogao_grottoes/index.htm

  • The Mogao Grottoes
    http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/74860.htm

  • DunHuang Grottoes-Silk Road-China the Beautiful
    http://www.chinapage.com/dunhuan.html

  The Silk Road

  • The Silk Road
    http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/sr/

  • SIR-C/X-SAR Image China's Silk Road
    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/silkroad.html

  • China: The Silk Road
    http://www.chinapage.com/silkroad.html

What Was the Silk Road?
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• The Silk Road
  http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html

• Silk Road Map
  http://web.archive.org/web/19990427085846/http://www.smn.co.jp/features/silkroad/silkmap.html
  (Link is to an archive)

• Following Ancient Footprints
  http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/srart.html

• The Silk Road Foundation
  http://www.silk-road.com/toc/index.html

The Mayan Mystery Game
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• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbookmovies.html

  What Was Mayan Culture Like?

  • Maya-Main Page
    http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/civilizations/maya/index.html

  • Maya Mystery - An Interactive Site for Kids
    http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0309/adventures/
    

  • Maya Rise and Fall
    http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/maya-rise-fall/gugliotta-text

  • Mesoweb Encyclopedia
    http://www.mesoweb.com/encyc/

  • Omniglot: Mayan Hieroglyphic Script and Languages
    http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mayan.htm

  • Mayan Architecture
    http://web.archive.org/web/20070608151502/http://mexico.udg.mx/historia/precolombinas/
    (Link is to an archive.)

  What Are Some Mysteries about the Maya?

  • Mysteries of the Maya
    http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/index2.html

Extreme Reactions to the Black Death
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• Black Plague Simulation
  http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/Plague/Pindex.html

• World Resources 1996-7: Chapter 2, Box 3: India's 1994 Plague Epidemic
  http://archive.wri.org/item_detail.cfm?id=941§ion=pubs&page=pubs_content_text&z=?

• A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Bubonic plague hits San Francisco, l900-1909
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm00bu.html

• Frontline: Plague War—A Report on Biological Weapons Secretly Amassed in the Soviet Union
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague/

  Secondary Accounts

  • The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
    http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html

  • Pictures of the Plague
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080112172523/http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/
    Graunt/pictures/pictures.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Bubonic Plague: The Church's Involvement
    http://web.archive.org/web/20000511105433/richeast.org/htwm/Plague/Plague.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Jewish History Sourcebook: The Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE
    http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/jewish/1348-jewsblackdeath.html

  • The Black Death
    http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/plague/

  Primary Source Accounts

  • Medieval Sourcebook: Boccaccio: Decameron-Introduction
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html

  • The Florentine Chronicle
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/marchione.html

  • Pistoia, "Ordinances for Sanitation in a Time of Mortality"
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/pistoia.html

  • Statute of Laborers, 1351
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/seth/statute-labourers.html

  Is the Plague Still a Threat?

  • TMVC Travellers Medical and Vaccination Centre
    http://web.archive.org/web/20000823190040/http://www.tmvc.com.au/alert24.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • World Resources 1996-97: A Guide to the Global Environment: Box 2: Ch. 2
    http://archive.wri.org/item_detail.cfm?id=940§ion=markets&page=pubs_content_text&z=?

  • CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Plague: Introduction
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm

  Characteristics of the Plague

  • Plague
    http://web.archive.org/web/20001003183039/http://everest.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Perspectives on Plague
    http://web.archive.org/web/19971224190645/http://pestilence.uchicago.edu/
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Plague
    http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic428.htm

  • What is the Bubonic Plague?
    http://web.archive.org/web/20040921074324/209.106.8.193/summer/plague.htm
    (Link is to an archive)

The Conquistadors Meet the Aztecs
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• Buried Mirror. Conflict of the Gods. Transcript.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20041123083845/umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html
  (Link is to an archive)

• Aztecs: Conquest
  http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/y-conq.html

• Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s

• Cortez and Montezuma at Mexican Temple
  http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/frieze/cortez.cfm

• Modern History Sourcebook: Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html

• Aztec Reference Library
  http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/y-main.html

Absolutism and Totalitarianism: A Simulation
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• Regency Fashion History
  http://www.fashion-era.com/regency_fashion.htm

• Political Dictionary—Absolutism
  http://www.iamericanspirit.com/dictionarya-b.html

• Infoplease: Fact Monster: Encyclopedia Entry: Totalitarianism
  http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0849133.html

  What Is Absolutism?

  • Absolutism
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1824/absolutism

  • The Rise of Absolutism
    http://worldciv1.homestead.com/absolutism.html

  • Sommaire-Chateau de Versailles
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080328180331/http://www.chateauversailles.fr/
    index.cfm?langue=en
    (Link is to an archive)

  • René Antoine Houasse's Portrait of Louis XIV
    http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/89863472/Hulton-Archive
    

  • The Salacious Historian's Lair: Period Galleries 1660-1715
    http://www.kipar.org/period-galleries/galleries_1660p.html

  • Louis XIV (by Rigaud)
    http://www.wga.hu/art/r/rigaud/louis_14.jpg

  What Is Totalitarianism?

  • Totalitarianism
    http://www.thecorner.org/hists/total/total.htm

  • Totalitarianism Is...
    http://www.angelfire.com/ma/totalitarianism/is.html

Enlightenment Ideas: Alive and Well Today?
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• Regency Fashion History
  http://www.fashion-era.com/regency_fashion.htm

• The European Enlightenment
  http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/enlightenment.html

• Philosophical Dictionary
  http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/

• H114-Rotz-Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment
  http://web.archive.org/web/20030625212906/iun.edu/~historyn/scirvenl.htm
  (Link is to an archive)

• Biography.com
  http://www.biography.com/

• NM's Creative Impulse—Enlightenment
  http://web.archive.org/web/20050401041040/http://history.evansville.net/enlighte.html
  (Link is to an archive)

• Salon-A Brief History of Salons
  http://www.salon.com/07/bookfront/history2.html

The Science and Technology of Exploration
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• Latitude
  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/

• The Discovery of Longitude
  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~klio/sci/Marine%20Chronometer_files/home.htm

• The Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide
  http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/

• Christopher Columbus: The Columbus Navigation Homepage
  http://www.columbusnavigation.com/

• World Map of the British Empire and Commonwealth
  http://www.regiments.org/nations/#map
  Or try this page if the page does not load (link is to an archive).

The Ottoman Empire: A Model of Multiculturalism?
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• Virtual Istanbul
  http://www.trailmonkey.com/europa/vituist.htm

• Janissaries
  http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/empires/ottoman/janissaries.html

  What Was the Ottoman Empire Like?

  • The End of Europe's Middle Ages-Ottoman Turks
    http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/empires/ottoman/

  • Ottoman Empire
    http://web.archive.org/web/19990223231105/toptown.com/hp/jaber/OTTOMAN.HTM
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Lewis: Race and Slavery in the Middle East
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/lewis1.html

  • The Ottomans (InfoPlease Encyclopedia)
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860176.html

  Was the Ottoman Empire Truly Multicultural?

  • "Classical" Multiculturalism: The Case of the Ottoman Empire
    http://web.archive.org/web/20001215013400/web.utk.edu/~csms/bru97.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Preparatory Paper 1—A Commitment to Pluralism
    http://kvc.minbuza.nl/uk/archive/commentary/parekh.html

• ArtLex's Mol-Mz Page
  http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Mol.html

• Words of Art: The M_List
  http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/m_list.html#multiculturalism

• Multiculturalism: Its Real Nature Explained
  http://www.users.bigpond.com/smartboard/mltcult.htm

David—Frank or Franc?
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• ArtLex on Neoclassicism
  http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/n/neoclassicism.html

  Who Was Jacques Louis David?

  • Self-Portrait, 1794
    http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/jdavid/s-jdavid23.htm

  • Bio: Jacques-Louis David
    http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/jdavid/jdavid_bio.htm

  • Jacques-Louis David
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Louis_David

  Exploring David's Paintings of the French Revolution

  • The Death of Marat
    http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/jdavid/s-jdavid26.htm

  • The Tennis Court Oath
    www.athenasoft.org/sub/documents/PractisingPublicReasoning.doc
    Link is to a Word document.

  Exploring David's Paintings of Napoleon I's Rule

  • Web Museum
    http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/david/

  • The Consecration of Napoleon and the Coronation of the Empress Josephine
    http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/david/consecration.jpg.html

  • Napoleon Crossing at the St. Bernard
    http://www.goodart.org/jldnapo.jpg

The African Slave Trade: A World History Perspective
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Where and When in Africa Did the Slave Trade Begin?

• The Beginnings of European Slave Trade
  http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/curriculum/m7b/activity1.php

• The Economics of the African Slave Trade
  http://web.archive.org/web/20041022003636/http://www.inwent.org/v-ez/lis/ci/slavetrad.htm
  (Link is to an archive)

• Slave Trade Statistics
  http://academic.udayton.edu/race/02rights/slave04.htm

• Juneteenth Pictorial, The Middle Passage
  http://www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm

• Slave Trade as root to African Crisis
  http://www.afbis.com/analysis/slave.htm

What Were the Effects of the Slave Trade on the Caribbean Islands and on Latin America?

• African Timelines
  http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm

• History of Haiti-Haitian History
  http://web.archive.org/web/20080316045006/http://www.medalia.net/Hhistory.html
  (Link is to an archive)

• Lonely Planet–Destination Brazil
  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/brazil/

• Ethnic Influences in Cuba Resulting from the History of African Slave Trade to Cuba
  http://web.archive.org/web/20060824074212/http://www.batadrums.com/background/
  ethnic.htm
  (Link is to an archive)

• World History
  http://www.camelotintl.com/world/01caribbean.html

• History of Capoeira
  http://web.archive.org/web/20011201091007/capoeiraarts.com/articles/history.html
  (Link is to an archive)

Child Use or Abuse during the Industrial Revolution?
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• Factory Simulation
  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Twork.htm

  What Is the Extent of the Problem Today?

  • Child Labor
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060114050417/http://www.unicefusa.org/site/c.duLRI8O0H/
    b.269271/k.D7AF/Child_Labor__Advocate__Take_Action__US_Fund_for_UNICEF.htm
    (Link is to an archive.)

  • CNN-World leaders Call for a Ban on Child Labor
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080215100353/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9702/26/briefs/childlabor.html
    (Link is to an archive)

  • CNN-Clinton to world: Ban abusive child labor
    http://web.archive.org/web/20061220193319/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9906/16/clinton.europe.02/
    (Link is to an archive)

  • IPEC-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
    http://www.ilo.org/ipec/index.htm

• Child Labor in the 19th Century
  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm

The Industrial Revolution: The Winners and the Losers
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What Were Working Conditions Like during the Industrial Revolution?

• IRWeb: Information Page
  http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/info.htm

• The Industrial Revolution—A Trip to the Past
  http://members.aol.com/mhirotsu/kevin/trip2.html

• Modern History Sourcebook: Andrew Ure—The Philosophy of the Manufacturers, 1835
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1835ure.html

• Modern History Sourcebook: Tables Illustrating the Spread of Industrialization
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/indrevtabs1.html

• Child Labor
  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist8.html

Who Were the "Losers" of the Industrial Revolution?

• The Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th-Century England
  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/workers2.html

• Modern History Sourcebook: Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html

• Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions
  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/chadwick2.html

Does the Legacy Continue Today?

• Maquila Solidarity Network: Past Campaigns
  http://en.maquilasolidarity.org/en/actions/pastcampaigns

• The Flames of Shell: Oil, Nigeria, & the Ogoni
  http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Boycotts/Flames_Shell.html

• Nike Labor Practices: The Nike Campaign
  http://web.archive.org/web/20070421143200/maquilasolidarity.org/campaigns/nike/
  (Link is to an archive)

• All for Shell
  http://web.archive.org/web/20060303102704/moles.org/ProjectUnderground/motherlode/
  shell/timeline.html
  (Link is to an archive)

The Complex Conflict in Europe:
World War I Beginnings and the Balkan Situation Today
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How Did World War I Begin?

• The War to End All Wars
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm

• Interactive Timeline
  http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/

• The Balkans Since 1815 map
  http://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/context/yugo1815.GIF.html

• PBS The Great War: Explosion
  http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_overview.html

• PBS The Great War: Interview with Jay Winter
  http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_02_germany.html

• PBS The Great War: Interview with Bernd Huppauf, "Germany Before the War"
  http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_huppauf_01_before.html

• Trenches on the Web: 1871-1914 - Origins of the Great War
  http://www.worldwar1.com/tlwarorg.htm

• Trenches on the Web: Summer of 1914
  http://www.worldwar1.com/tlss1914.htm

• The Great War: Causes
  http://www.karmak.org/archive/2003/03/causes.htm

Why Is the Balkans Still a "Power Keg" Today?

• The Balkans Since 1815 (map)
  http://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/context/yugo1815.GIF.html

• The Balkans Today (map)
  http://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/context/balkans-political.GIF.html

• Situation in Kosovo—Home Page
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/kosovo_hp.html

World War II Personal Accounts
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• What Did You Do In The War, Grandma?
  http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/

  What Is an Oral History of WWII Like?

  • Candy Bomber
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080518010943/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/04/interviews/halvorsen/
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Drop Zone Virtual Museum
    http://www.thedropzone.org/oss/default.asp

  • My Dad's Story
    http://web.archive.org/web/20000619013704/http://www.accessweb.com/users/rbereznicki/
    index.html-ssi
    (Link is to an archive)

  • Local Heroes
    http://www.localheroes.8m.com/

  • D-Day account of LTC John G. Burkhalter
    http://www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/D-day.html

  • What Did You Do In The War, Grandma?
    http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/

  • To Save A Life: Stories Of Jewish Rescue
    http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol1no1/jewishrescue.html

  • Cybrary Witnesses (Holocaust)
    http://www.remember.org/witness/

  • Voice of Hibakusha
    http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/

African Art and Culture
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• National Museum of African Art
  http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

• Art and Life in Africa
  http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/chapters/KML.html

• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
  http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html

• National Geographic Society: MapMachine
  http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Destination Europe
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• CIA World Factbook
  https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

• Geographia's European Index
  http://www.geographia.com/indx03.htm

• Switzerland Tourism
  http://www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/home

• Geneva Tourist Office
  http://www.geneva.ch/tourism.htm

• Explore Turkey
  http://www.exploreturkey.com/

Annotated World History Web Sites
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• A-Bomb WWW Museum
  http://atomicbombmuseum.org/b_contributers.shtml

• A Look Back At Nuremberg
  http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/nuremberg/

• A Selection of Letters Written by Florence Nightingale
  http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/fn/index.html

• Ancient Civilizations
  http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/civilizations/

• Ancient Greece
  http://www.ancientgreece.com/

• Cybrary of the Holocaust
  http://www.remember.org/

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
  http://eawc.evansville.edu/

• Human Rights Web
  http://www.hrweb.org/

• Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page
  http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html

• Maya Mystery - An Interactive Site for Kids
  http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0309/adventures/

• The World War I Document Archive
  http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

• United Nations CyberSchoolBus
  http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

• Vatican Exhibit
  http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/Vatican.exhibit.html

• Virtual Renaissance: A Journey through Time
  http://web.archive.org/web/20070115054102/http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html
  (Link is to an archive)

• World Art Treasures
  http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/

• Xiang Qi - The Art of Chinese Chess
  http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/

• Yad Vashem
  http://www.yadvashem.org/