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Asian Humanities
• Links to the history and culture of China, India, Japan, and other Asian Countries.

See Also: PW Foods Page for food.

Specific Resources:

China:
• To locate sites on the Chinese Dynasties - Shang, Zhau, Qin, Sui, Han - do a Google search. Read the annotation before going to the site.
• About.com: China Online You will find annotated links to all aspects of Chinese culture and history.
• Ancient China An excellent introduction from the British Museum.
• Ancient China An excellent list of links sorted by topic.
• Ancient China History Link 101 has information organized by category. High reading level.
• Ancient China Imformation on Ancient Dynasties and the Imperial Period.
• Daily Life in Ancient China Lots of good information written at an easy level.
• Boxer Rebellion
• Boxer Rebellion This site contains good pictures and maps.
• China in the 20th Century
• China Related Websites This is a list prepared by a University. The level of some of the sites may be difficult.
• Chinese History for Beginners
• Ch'ing China Links to other Chinese History topics.
• Electronic Passport to Chinese History Written for students.

• Chinese Inventions
  Ancient Chinese Technology (A ThinkQuest site)
  Chinese Inventions (A ThinkQuest site)
  Chinese Inventions and Remedies
  Chinese Invention Brief descriptions of Chinese Inventions.
  Chinese Inventions (From The Genius of China - We have this book in the library.
  History of Chinese Inventors and Inventions and Chinese Inventions (About.com - links to other sites)

• Electronic Passport to Chinese History This site was developed for students and covers many aspects of Chinese history. Note the link to China in the 20th Century on the left of the page.
• History of China

• India
  • About.com: Indian Note the subtopics at the top of the page. You will find annotated links to all aspects of Indian History and Culture. Notice the link to Ancient India in the iindex on the left.
  • Ancient India An excellent site from the British Museum.
  • Ancient India An excellent selection of links arranged by topic.
  • Ancient India This site covers a variety of topics on Ancient India. Select "contents."
  • Daily Life in Ancient India
  • India and the Himalayas This site was developed for students and covers many aspects of Indian history and culture.
  • History of India
  • India Heritage Information on Ancient, Medieval and Modern India.
  • India Resources Page From the index page, select your area of interest.
  • Mohandas Gandhi This site is part of the Who2 Biography site and links to Ganghi websites.

• Japan
  • About.com: Japan Note the subtopics at the top of the pages. You will find annotated links to all aspects of Japanese Culture.
  • Ancient Japan This site covers a variety of topics on Ancient Japan.
  • Ancient Japan Links to sites on history and culture.
  • Endo Japan A virtual tour of Endo - Ancient Tokyo.
  • Japan Atlas This site includes historic sites, festivals, architecture, nature, traditional crafts, advanced technology, communities and world heritage sites. This site is part of the Japan Information Network.
  • Japanese Information Network (Web Japan) This is an extensive site which will cover many of your topics.
  • Japanese Prime Minister's Website
  • Meiji Japan
  • Stanford Guide to Japanese Resources This guide covers all aspects of Japanese history, geography and culture.

• Korea:
  • Korea's History
    History from ancient dynasties to modern Korea.
• Korean History Project This site is a little difficult to navigate. Select "Main Menu", then "In the Eye of the Tiger."

• Nubia / Sudan:
  • Ancient Nubia
  • Nubia
  • Who Are the Nubians? Note the many links on the left of the page.
  • Sudan (Library of Congress Country Studies)
  • Sudan A fairly high level. Good links.
  • Sudan's Darfur Conflict (BBC - Current News and Background Information)
  • Darfur (Human Rights Watch)

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  World Religions

  BBC World Service Guide to World Religions
  An excellent introduction to Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduhism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism.
  Descriptions of 63 Religions
  • You will find information on all world religions here. The twelve religions with the greatest number of adherents are listed first. You may need to scroll down to find what you are looking for.
  Diversity at DePaul
  • This site contains information on world religions. Choose Resources, On The Web, and then Religion from the index on the left. (January 2003 - site under construction)
  Virtual Religion Index
  • This Rutgers University site has links organized by religion.
  • Look here for religions that have their origins in Asia and the Middle East.
  Buddhism 101
  • This About.com site has links to sites on Buddhism.
  Essentials of Buddhism
  • This is a good starting point if you want to find basic background information which will help you with further research.
  Families of Religions
  • This site includes the Interfaith Calendar which has information on religious holidays.
  Islam 101
  • Scroll down and select the Introduction to Islam or select a topic from the index on the left.
  Islam: Empire of Faith
  • This site is a companion to a PBS program. There is excellent basic information on this site about faith, culture, inovation, and profiles.
  Islam in Comparative Context
  • Links to Islamic topics.
  Jewish Holidays and Festivals
  • From the Jewish Post of New York. Select a celebration from the drop down menu.
  Yahoo Index to Society and Culture, Faiths and Practices
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  Reformation

  • Martin Luther
  • Protestant Reformation Internet Archive of Texts and Documents. (Primary Materials)

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  Renaissance

  General Resources

  Renaissance Artists

  Renaissance Explorers

  Scientists, Philosophers, Writers, Leaders

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  See Also: Biography Resource Centre You will find excellent information on your person in this database. A login and password is needed.

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  Renaissance: General Resources
  • Renaissance
    Be sure to follow the "read more" prompts.
  • Life in Renaissance England
    Extensive information on daily life.
  • CLN Renaissance Theme Page
    This site contains annoted links to a variety of Renaissance topics.
  • Virtual Renaissance
    Good links.
  • Renaissance Links on the WWW
    These annotated links on the Virtual Renaissance site are organized by topic.
  Renaissance Art: General Resources

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  • See also: Visual Arts
  • Art Cyclopedia
    An excellent source of links for any artist.
  • Art History Resources on the Web
    This site is organized by era. Select the Renaissance.
  • Web Museum
    Biographies and works of all the artists can be found at the Web Museum.
  • Web Museum Artist's Index

  Renaissance Art: Specific Resources

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  • Filippo Brunelleschi
  • Filippo Brunelleschi
    Great Buildings. This site has a short biography and information about some of the buildings that Brunelleschi designed.
  • Donatello
    (Information in Italian and English)
  • Donatello (A good collection of images)
  • Artemisia Gentileschi: The Life and Art of Artemisia Gentileschi
  • The Life and Art of Artemisia Gentileshi
  • Artemisia Gentileschi
  • Artemisia Gentileschi
    Select Picture to see some of her artwork.
  • Giotto di Bondone (A good collection of images)
  • Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo da Vinci Museum
  • Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo da Vinci Museum
  • Michelangelo Buonarotti
  • Michelangelo: Visit the Sistine Chapel
  • Michelangelo: Cappella Sistina
    This is the Vatican Site for the Sistine Chapel. There are pictures of very panel.
  • Sistine Chapel
    (Written from the point of view of a helper - talks about the problems of painting)
  • Michelangelo
    (written from the point of view of a Medici)
  • Raphael (The Papal Apartments at the Vatican)

  Renaissance Scientists, Philosophers, Writers, Leaders

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  • History of Western Medicine
    Look in the Early Modern and Modern sections for links to medical figures.

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  • Sir Francis Bacon
  • Roger Bacon
  • Martin Behaim
  • Martin Behaim Globe
  • The Observations of Tycho Brahe (A good introduction)
  • Tycho Brahe
  • Tycho Brahe
  • William Caxton
  • William Caxton
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Learn about his contributions to mathematics.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Annotated links from About.com.
  • René Descartes
  • René Descartes
  • Isabella D'Este
  • Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
    NOVA and PBS have developed this excellent site on Galileo.
  • Galileo Museum
  • Galileo Project
    An extensive site on Galileo Galilei written at a high level.
  • Johannes Gutenburg Museum
    April 2004 - Only some sections complete in English.
  • Johannes Gutenburg
    Catholic Encyclopedia Article
  • Gutenburg Bible
    From the British Library - digital images of their two copies - one on paper and the other on vellum.
  • William Harvey
  • Robert Hooke
  • Robert Hooke
    Select "Contents" for more information.
  • Johannes Kepler: His Life, His Laws and Time
  • Kepler's Laws
  • Johannes Kepler
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek
  • Leeuwenhoek Links
  • Antony van Leeuwenhoek
  • Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist
  • Nicolo Machiavelli
  • Sir Isaac Newton
    BBC History Site
  • Isaac Newton Links
  • Paracelsus
  • Paracelsus
  • Ambroise Paré
  • Ambroise Paré
  • Francesco Petrarch
  • Francesco Petrarch
    These are primary documents. Look at the first letter and be sure to read the footnotes.
  • Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
  • Thomas Savery
    Note the links at the bottom of the page.
  • Girolamo Savonarola
  • Girolamo Savonarola
  • Andreas Vesalius
  • Sir Christopher Wren
  • Great Buildings: Sir Christopher Wren
    Information and images of some of Wren's buildings.
  • Christopher Wren

  Renaissance Explorers

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  The library has a good selection of books and encyclopedias that contain information about explorers. Be sure to check the biographical encyclopedias. For online resources be careful to check the authority of sites that you are using. You must use a variety of sources in a variety of formats. Collect information for your bibliography as you go.

  Use the sites listed below as starting points for your online resources. When using a search engine use quotation marks around the name so that the search engine treats the name as a phrase.

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  • Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide
    Select the appropriate link from the list.
  • The Conquistadors
    Spanish Explorers: Cortez, Pizarro, Orellana, and Cabeza de Vaca. PBS
  • Discoverers Web Homepage
    A bonanza of links to exploration web sites. Check here for your explorer.
  • Elizabethan Pirates
    Look here for information about John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher, and Sir Francis Drake.
  • European Voyages of Exploration
    Choose the country of your explorer or the person himself from the two navigation bars on the right.
  • Explorers on the Web
    A long list of links just for kids.
  • Explorers to Canada
    Check this Canadian Civilizations site for explorers who explored Canada.
  • European Explorers in the New World
  • A good selection of links.
    This site has links to many of the explorers on your list.
  • Famous Explorers
    Annotated links to many explorer sites.
  • Maritime History Virtual Archives
    There is good information on many aspects of maritime history. Look particularly under Duties of Officers and Men, and under Provisions for information on shipboard life. You will encounter some archaic english because much of the information comes from primary documents. (e.g. pease = peas)
    Modern Shipboard Issues
    Working Conditions
    Working Conditions for Water Transportation Mariners
    Sailor's Life: Daily Routine - Modern Working Conditions

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  • Columbus Navigation Home Page
  • Henry the Navigator
  • Latitude: The Art and Science of 15th Century Navigation
  • Nova Online: Longitude
    How did Renaissance sailors nagivate? Do you know your longitude?
  • Polar Star
    Create simple instruments to measure latitude based on the Polar (North) Star.
  
  
  Explorers
  • Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
  • Balboa: Famous Hispanics
  • Cabot, John and Sabastian
  • Cabot, John and Sabastian (Type John Cabot in the search box.)
  • Cartier, Jacques
    This site provides a list of links to Cartier related sites.
  • Cartier, Jacques
  • Christopher Columbus Navigation Home Page
  • Cortés, Hernando
  • De Soto, Hernando
  • De Soto, Hernando
  • Dias, Bartholomeu
  • Drake, Francis
  • Drake, Francis (Type Francis Drake in the search box.)
  • Drake, Francis: Pirates and Privateers
    This site has good links and exposes the darker side of Drake's career.
  • Drake, Hawkins, and the Armada
  • Frobisher, Martin: The Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher
  • Frobisher, Martin
  • Gama, Vasco da
  • Gama, Vasco da
    Look here for a map of his voyage.
  • Gama, Vasco da
    From the Modern History Sourcebook,, this article is extensive, but written at a high level.
  • Hawkins, John
    Hawkins involvement in the slave trade.
  • Henry the Navigator
  • Magellan, Ferdinand
  • Magellan, Ferdinand
  • Vespucci, Amerigo
  • Vespucci, Amerigo

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  Middle East

  The library has a collection of books on Islam and the Middle East. You may want to also use the specialized encyclopedias and general encyclopedias. Cite your sources and when using online resources be sure to check the authority of the information. The following sites have been selected to assist you in your research. Muhammed
  • Prophet Muhammed
  Shia and Sunni Muslims
  • What's the Difference?
  • Sunni Muslim
  • Afghanistan: Sunni and Shia Islam
  Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine
  • Ibn Sina (Scroll down to find information in English.)
  • Ibn Sina: Doctor of Doctors
  • Ibn Sina
  Constaniople
  • Constaninople
  Middle Eastern Art
  • Islam Links (A series of links on art and artists)
  • Islamic Art
  • Islamic Civilization
  • History of Islamic Science

  ARAB INVENTIONS

  • 1001 Inventions Muslim Heritage in our World
  • Answers.com (Wiki - corraborate your information)
  • “How Islamic inventors changed the world.” The Independent. It contains general information on the crank-shaft, carpet, and a few other inventions.
  • Muslim Engineering achievement (dams, water wheels, and crankshafts.)
  • Soap
  • The Soap and Detergent Association
  • The Soap Factory – website maintained by small commercial company
  • Simply Soap– commercial website with some history information
  • History of Soap Making– a simple view of soap making
  • Distallation (Arabic Alchemy)
  • History of Science and Technology in Islam
  • Islamic Cluture and the Medial Arts
  • Chemical Heritage Foundation
  • Pefumes
  • Women’s Arabrian Perfume
  • Islamic History of Perfume Wikipedia - all facts must be verified with another reliable source
  • Sharq Magazine
  • Carpets
  • “Carpets and History.” Contains information, but written for a much more advanced student. The article is not easy reading for a Socials 8 student.
  • commercial rug gallery, but it contains general rug information and history
  • Water dams
  • “The Art of Science and Water.” This article appeared on pages 14-23 of the May/June 2006 print edition of Saudi Aramco World. A good resource that has a lot of pictures, and diagrams
  • “Transfer of Islamic Technology to the West, Part II: Transmission of Islamic Engineering”
  • Crank-shaft
  • Al-Jazari. Wikipedia - all facts must be verified with another reliable source
  • “A Review of Early Muslim Control Engineering” University level resource
  • Al-Jazari and the crankshaft. Unknown source, information must be verified

  ISLAMIC WOMEN

  Assignment: Mr. Candela

  • PBS website offering interviews with Islamic women.   
  • Non-profit American Muslim organization website.  Several topics of interested listed on the right of the page. 
  • Jannah This website is meant to help people understand the true stance Islam takes on gender issues and the role of women.  Slightly biased. 
  • Islam for today. Current topics on Islamic women . 
  • Submission  Offers misconceptions about Islamic women.   
  • Women's History.- Women's role and prominent women in the Muslim faith .
  • Women's Watch (United Nations)
  • Women's Movement (BBC) 
     

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