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- Saudi Arabia -- The CIA World Factbook
- Saudi Arabia -- U.S. Department of State
- Saudi Arabia -- Lonely Planet
- Saudi Arabia -- BBC News
- Saudi Arabia -- NationMaster.com
- Saudi Arabia -- Library of Congress Country Studies
- Saudi Arabia -- Wikipedia
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- Saudi Arabia -- Eldis -- Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Region > Asia > Europe/Russia > Middle East > Gulf States > Saudia Arabia -- Council on Foreign Relations

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general information
- Adminet > World > Middle East > Saudi Arabia
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timelines
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holidays
- Holidays in Saudi Arabia -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for Saudi Arabia -- Q++ Studio
travel
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
- Lonely Planet Worldguide > Middle East > Saudi Arabia
national anthem
- Wikipedia > National anthem > List of national anthems > Saudi Arabia > Aash Al Maleek (The Royal Saudi Salut)
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newspapers / networks specific to Saudia Arabia and its environs
- The Media in Saudia Arabia -- BBC News
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Asia > Saudi Arabia
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Middle East > Saudi Arabia
- OnlineNewspapers.com > Saudi Arabia
- economist.com > countries > Saudi Arabia
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and Middle East scope
radio
- OneWorld Radio
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government resources
- The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States
- The United States Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 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
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- Your name in Arabic -- David Harris

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food
- eLook.org > Asian >
- Arab cuisine -- Wikipedia
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- Saudi Arabia -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > Middle Eastern
- Food in Saudi Arabia -- Food in Every Country
- Zubaida, Sami and Richard Tapper (Eds.). A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East. NY: Tauris, 2001.
religion
- Sacred Destinations > Saudi Arabia -- Holly Hayes
- The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary
- Sacred -- British Library
- Islamic Calligraphy -- Asia Society
the arts
- Timeline of Art History > West Asia, Arabian Peninsula > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Mideast > Saudi Arabia -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice
cities

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Other WebSites
- Famous Saudi Arabian People
- The Bedouin Culture in Transition
- The Bedouin Way
- Images of Saudia Arabia
- Feminism in Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian Information Resources
- Saudi Arabia - Bibliography
- Saudi ArabianGenWeb
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- Al-Islam.org -- Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)
- 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] >> Arab States >> Saudi Arabia
- Selected Online Resources for Islam -- Pluralism Project, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
- 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
- Middle East -- British Museum
Saudia Arabia Slides

Ottoman Empire Map

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

The 90 second synopsis includes . . .

Note the recapitulation in about 3.5 seconds

GC Index of Major Items
GC 1.0 "Sunday Memos"		GC 2.0 Video Schedule
GC 3.0 Slides Schedule		GC 4.0 Text Assignments Schedule
GC 5.0 Other (check Canvas)		GC 6.0 Exams . . . (wk-7) and (wk-16)
GC 7.0 REM: Work on Project		GC 8.0 Discussion(s)
GC Main Due Dates		GC Spring 2024 Calendar

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