Understanding Global Cultures

Maps
- Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War
UMD Library Catalogue
- JSTORE
area profiles
- Middle East -- CIA World Factbook
- Middle East -- U.S. Department of State
- Middle East -- Lonely Planet
- Middle East -- BBC News
- Middle East -- NationMaster.com
- Middle East -- Library of Congress Country Studies
- Middle East -- Wikipedia
- Middle East -- CountryReports.org
- Middle East -- Eldis -- Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Region > Asia > Europe/Russia > Middle East > -- Council on Foreign Relations

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general information
- Adminet > World > Middle East >
timelines
- BBC News timeline
- World News Atlas > Middle East >
holidays
- Holidays in the Middle East -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for the Middle East -- Q++ Studio
travel
- Lonely Planet Worldguide > Middle East >
national anthem
- Wikipedia > National anthem > List of national anthems >
- national-anthems.net > Asia >
newspapers / networks specific to the Middle East
- The Media in the Middle East -- BBC News
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Asia > Middle East
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Middle East >
- OnlineNewspapers.com > Middle East
- economist.com > countries > Middle East
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > Middle East
- topix.net > Front Page > World News > Middle East >
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional Middle East scope
radio
- OneWorld Radio
- The World -- BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston

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government resources
- U.S. International Information Programs: Middle East and North Africa -- U.S. policy and issues focusing on the North Africa, the Levant, Iraq and the Persian Gulf region
language
- Arabic Dictionaries
- Arabic Language -- Wikipedia
- Persian / English Dictionary with pronunciation -- AriaDic
- Persian language (Farsi) -- Wikipedia
- Yiddish Dictionaries
food
- eLook.org > Asian >
- Middle East cuisine -- Wikipedia
  - Cookbook:Arab cuisine
- Wine in the Middle East -- Wikipedia
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- Middle East -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > Middle Eastern
- Standing, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses. NY: Walker, 2005.
religion
- World Religions
- Sacred Destinations > Middle East -- Holly Hayes
- The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary
- Sacred -- British Library
the arts
- Timeline of Art History > West Asia, Arabian Peninsula > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Arabic Script: Mightier than the Sword -- The British Museum
architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Mideast > -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice
cities

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Other WebSites
- Famous Middle East People
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- UN News Centre: The Middle East
- Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
- H-Net Discussion Networks -- Humanities and Social Sciences ONLINE
  - H-Gender-MidEast -- Gender in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia, Iran, and the Mediterranean.
- UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Middle East
- Echoes of Africa -- musical clips and information about musical instruments across Africa -- BBC
- Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
- African Union
- International Council of African Museums
- Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy -- Global Gateway, The Library of Congress
- Travelers in the Middle East Archive
- Chatham House Research: Middle East and North Africa
- Comment is Free > CIF Middle East -- The Guardian

Ottoman Empire Map

from Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War

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