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Africa

BBC's Story of Africa - Tells the history of the continent from an African perspective.

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem History - Columbia University site includes audio and video clips.

Harlem Hospital WPA Murals - This site tells the story of these murals, their creators, and the controversy surrounding their subject matter. The site contains a number of video clips that talk about the artwork, along with some nice biographical portraits of the artists, who included Charles Alston, Vertis Hayes, and Georgette Seabrooke.

Harlem, 1900-1940 - Research tool for students, based on a project by the Schomburg Center for Research in Blank Culture

Rhapsodies in Black - Visual arts during the Harlem Renaissance

Greece

Ancient City of Athens - A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece).

Ancient Medicine - Includes information on many different topics of medicine in the ancient world, such as women in medicine, surgery, and ancient gynecology. The "credits" section also includes a bibliography on ancient medicine.

Athenian Agora Excavations - Provides information on the Athenian Agora.

Classical Language Instruction Project at Princeton University - This site contains samples of Greek and Latin prose and poetry texts, read by various scholars and in different styles.

Homeric Singing - An Approach to the Original Performance

Theban Mapping Project - A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes.

Middle East

Al-Mashriq - Online repository for cultural nultimedia information from the Levant (Al-Mashriq) in general and Lebanon in particular based at Ostfold College, Halden (Norway).

Japan

Heian Japan - Part of online World Cultures resources from Washington State University.

Japan, My Japan! A Guide to Japan - Collection of online materials related to Japan based at Nagoya University in Japan

Renaissance

English Renaissance in Context - Full text of many texts of English Renaissance. Also includes tutorials on Shakespeare and the early modern material text.

Michelangelo Public and Private: Drawings for the Sistine Chapel and Other Treasures from the Casa Buonarroti [Flash Player] - This narrated tour features studies and preparatory drawings for the Sistine Chapel . Also includes an accompanying lecture.

Renaissance - Information for students from the Annenberg Foundation and PBS. Based on a video instructional series on Western civilization.

Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons, 1500-1650 - This site is a seminar on exploring the ways powerful women were depicted in the visual arts of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Chateau de Versailles (Palace of Versailles) - Website of the Chateau de Versailles, includes maps, virtual tours, and information on the history of the palace.