Online Resources

WEBLIOGRAPHY:

Medievalists.net. Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010)

“Islam and Islamic Studies.” University of Georgia. Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010)

“The Islamic World to 1600.” University of Calgary. Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010)

Perry-Castañeda Library Maps Collection. University of Texas at Austin. Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010).

The University of Chicago Library Middle East Collection, sources for further links (includes links to several university supported information pages on Islam and Islamic Civilization): Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010).

BLOGS & VLOGS:

“Imperial History of the Middle East.” Maps of War. Link to resource. (accessed August 9, 2010). Author’s note: 90 second video

VIRTUAL ONLINE TOURS AND/OR INTERACTIVES:

“Indian Ocean History.” Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center. Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010). Author’s note: provides resources to help situate the history of Islamic civilization within global history

SOUND FILES:

Index of Qur’an (with audio). Islamcity. Link to resource (accessed April 22, 2010).

Classroom Connections

John Woods

Professor of Iranian and Central Asian History, and of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Alexander Barna

Outreach Coordinator, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago
 

MAPS:

Al Madina Plan 1946, University of Texas, Link to resource (accessed April 20, 2010). Map of Medina circa 1946, identifying monuments dating back to the time of the first Muslim ummah

The Abbasid Caliphate around 750 CE, University of Texas, Link to resource (accessed April 20, 2010).

The Ottoman Empire 1481 – 1683 CE, University of Texas, Link to resource (accessed April 20, 2010).

The Ottoman Empire 1683 – 1923 CE, University of Texas, Link to resource (accessed April 20, 2010).