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Another one of the excellent history sourcebooks. Contains an extensive collection of Asian sources.

Seems to focus mainly on contemporary human rights although there will be reference to historical conflicts and human rights breaches, I guess. Has links to over 4000 other sites and there are bound to be some useful sources in there.

Useful CD ROM?

egyptian revolution, Mubarak, Alqahirah

This multimedia presentation of middle eastern history from ancient times to the modern day is organized around different halls that students can enter and explore.

Has nearly 80 images of medieval illuminated manuscripts and maps. Very beautiful.

Very cool and interactive site spanning many decades!

Another of the excellent sourcebooks run by those Jesuits at Fordham Uni. This is the best online primary source research for the ancient world I've found.

This group is dedicated to Ancient Civs, especially Egypt. I didn't want to just pinch their bookmarks as that's a bit rude (seeings I'm in this group) so I thought bookmarking their bookmarks, which will update, the best way. There are some great sites here.

Although this is an online secondary source site (which in my experience are usually superficial and dodgy) the information seems to be quite thorough and good-quality. That's probably because it's run by University College London. Many interesting and informative themes are picked up. Definitely good for student research or classwork/homework.

Story of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid giving an elephant to Charlemagne through diplomats sent from the Frankish Kingdom to the Abbasid capital in Baghdad

Image driven scholarship. Teaching units based on images, many of them mediated by historians.

I usually don't add secondary sources (I've found books are much more comprehensive - secondary websites seem usually quite simplistic in their treatments) but thought this might be useful for people working with younger classes doing preliminary research or activities on ancient civilisations.