Databases
Weblinks
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: Mecca of the New Negro - 1925 magazine including articles by prominent thinkers and writers of the time.
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.
City of Athens - A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens from Indiana University.
Diotima - Links to online materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world from Stoa, a consortium for electronic publishing in the humanities.
Sophocles, Socrates, and the Greek Polis - Newsletter publishe in December 2003 by the National Endowment for the Humanitites
Theban Mapping Project - A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes.
Middle East
Middle East Network Information Center - Online guide to Middle East related websites and databases. Developed by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Univeristy of Texas at Austin.
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.
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.
