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Chapter Five: The Greek City States

Timeline of Ancient Greece

http://library.thinkquest.org/26264/tools/timeline/site000.htm

The Greek Polis

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/POLIS.HTM

The Greek City-States Sourcebook

http://books.google.com/books?id=ExTD53kd1JoC&dq=greek+city+states&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=bg5nmz6ws-&sig=6bQJ9rCtWec8jVbDW6e6y8ObQ4M

Battle of Salamis Map

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=st9 salamis

Battle of Thermopylae Map

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=st9 thermopylae

The Mycenaean Age

http://library.thinkquest.org/26264/art/periods/site002.htm

The Ancient Olympics

http://library.thinkquest.org/17709/sports/fndex.htm

The Minoan Civilization

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/pre-greece/minoan/minoan.html

Cleisthenes

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

Life in Athens

http://www.pbs.org/cgi-bin/empires/thegreeks/life_in_athens.pl

Women of Ancient Athens

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html

Ancient Greek Battles

http://library.thinkquest.org/19317/htm/battles.htm

How the Parthenon was Built

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/acropolis/intro_html.html

Chapter Six- Greece's Golden and Hellenistic Ages

The Acropolis Experience

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/acropolis/intro_html.html

Greek Ceramics

http://graduate.gradsch.uga.edu/archive/ceramics.html

Socrates

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/characters/socrates_p1.html

The Theater at Delphi

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

Aristotle

http://library.thinkquest.org/18775/aristotle/index.htm

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests/mpt/alexander/journey/

Map of Alexander's Empire

http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/alexmap.html

Alexander the Great

http://wso.williams.edu/~junterek/

Chapter Seven- The Roman World

The Roman Army

http://library.thinkquest.org/22866/English/Leger.html#fort

Ancient Roman Chronology

http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/ropage.htm

Highlights of Rome

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/italy/rome/

The Age of Augustus

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/AUGUSTUS.HTM

The Roman Empire at 120 A.D.

http://library.thinkquest.org/28446/geography/empire.htm

A Day in the Life of a Roman

http://library.thinkquest.org/22866/English//Romday/Dagin.html#ochtend

Religion in the Roman World

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/religions.html

Maps of Jesus' World

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/roman.html

Christians in Rome

http://www.inforoma.it/christn.htm

Who were the Early Christians

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/audio.html

Overview of Christianity

http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/cupboard/filing/info/religions/xtian.htm

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/cupboard/filing/info/religions/xtian.htm

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

http://www.augie.edu/dept/history/earl.htm

Chapter Ten- Byzantine Empire and Russia

The Hagia Sophia

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/hagia_sophia.html

Byzantine Art Through the Ages

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/time.html

Gallery of Byzantine Images

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/gallery.html

Exploring a Viking Village

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html

Ancient Russian Gods

http://www.pbs.org/weta/faceofrussia/timeline/1100/pre-12c.html

Genghis Khan

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/genghis/

The Kremlin

http://www.pbs.org/weta/faceofrussia/timeline/1300/1367-86.html

Chapter Thirteen- The Rise of the Middle Ages

Medieval Arms Race

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/race.html

Destroy the Castle

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroy.html

Viking Pastimes

http://www.regia.org/pastimes.htm

Feudal Life

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/

Life in the Middle Ages

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/feudal.html

The Manor at Drengham

http://www.regia.org/drengham.htm

Religion in the Middle Ages

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/religion.html

Lives of Medieval Women

http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/

Tintern Abbey

http://vi.uh.edu/pages/tintern/tint1txt.html

The Tower of London

http://www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/tour/index.html

The Ghosts of the Tower of London

http://www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/ghost/index.html

Medieval Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/index.asp

Chapter Fourteen- The High Middle Ages

Crusaders Headquarters

http://library.thinkquest.org/18110/

Maps of the World at the Time of the Crusades

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/maps/1090map.htm

Eleanor of Aquitaine

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine2.html

Women and the Crusades

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine3.html

Pop-up Chaucer

http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/chaucer/gpopening1n.htm

Joan of Arc

http://www.smu.edu/ijas/media.html

Amiens Cathedral

http://www.learn.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/Photo/Exterior/index.html

Chapter Fifteen- The Renaissance and Reformation

Leonardo- A Man of Both Worlds

http://library.thinkquest.org/3044/

Michelangelo

http://library.thinkquest.org/21960/tqs301.htm

Art of the Northern Renaissance

http://library.thinkquest.org/21960/tqs602.htm

Shakespeare's Life and Times

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/introsubj.html

The Wives of Henry VIII

http://tudorhistory.org/wives/

Who Were the Huguenots?

http://www.huguenot.netnation.com/general/huguenot.htm

King Henry VIII of England

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page19.asp

Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/loyola-spirex.html

The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola

http://www.stignatiussf.org/himself.htm

Printing and Thinking in the Renaissance

http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/printing.html

Printing: Renaissance and Reformation

http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/sccoll/renprint/renprint.html

Become a Renaissance Spice Trader

http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/spicetrade/

Music of the Renaissance

http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/emusic/medieval.html

Children and Childhood in Elizabethan England

http://elizabethan.org/

Chapter Seventeen- Asia in Transition

Portraits of Chinese Emperors

http://www.chinapage.com/emperor.html

Glimpse into Beijing

http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/beijing.html

Opium Wars and Decline of the Qing Dynasty

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/history/1900.html

Opium- A History

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heroin/etc/history.html

Samurai vs. Medieval Knights

http://www.thehaca.com/essays/knightvs.htm

Confucianism- The Religion of Social Propriety

http://www.urantiabook.org/archive/readers/601_confucianism.htm

Chapter Eighteen- Islamic Empires

The Noble Koran

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/

Art of the Ottoman Empire

http://www.theottomans.org/english/art_culture/index.asp

The Red Fort at Dehli

http://library.thinkquest.org/10898/redfort.htm

Taj Mahal

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/TajM.html

The Mughal Empire

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Mughals/mughals.html

Sikhism- Inspiration of a Devine Teacher

http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/sikhism.htm

Chapter Twenty-Six- The Age of Imperialism

African Voices

http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

The Africa Game

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002335/

The Boer Wars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/169.shtml?question=169

History of Imperialism

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/World.html

Dr. Livingston I Presume?

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1871stanley.html

Following the Footsteps of Dr. Livingston

http://www.pbs.org/empires/victoria/empire/livingstone.html

Construction and History of the Suez Canal

http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20Suez%20Canal

King Leopold's Congo

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/journeys/01/mar01/congo_page1.html

Philippine Rebellion in 1898

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1898alguinaldo.html

History of the Panama Canal

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/index.html

Speak Softy and Carry a Big Stick

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/

Chapter Twenty- Seven- World War One and the Russian Revolution

Interactive Timeline of World War One

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/index.html

The Great War by Maps

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/

Path to Revolution: Russia

http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis06.htm

Photographer of the Czar

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html

Chronology of the Russian Revolution

http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/datesr.html

HMS Dreadnought

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-d/drednt9.htm

The Great War and the Jazz Age

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz

Woodrow Wilson on the World Stage

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amerpres/main_episode06.html

Paris Peace Conference

http://www.nvcc.edu/home/cevans/Versailles/Index.html

Europe Before and After World War One

http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/lessons/ushistory/ww1/preww1.htm

Chapter Thirty- World War Two

The Rise of the Nazi Party

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm

Hitler on Propaganda

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/DocPropa.htm

Kellogg-Briand Pact

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0827317.html

Cracking the Codes of the Nazis

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/break.html

Benito Mussolini

http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mussolini.html

D-Day

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/maps/

D-Day; Operation Overload

http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/d-day/d-day1.htm

D-Day; A Paratrooper's Experience

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/sfeature/sf_paratrooper.html

Japanese Internment

http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/camps.html

The United States and World War Two

http://library.thinkquest.org/10927/worldw2.htm

The United States Office of War Information

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_owi_1.html

This is Not a Drill: Attack on Pearl Harbor

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html

Master Race: An Interview with Anna Maria Ernst

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/masterrace/ernsttranscript.html

United States Holocaust Museum

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/exhibit/

Life and Times of Anne Frank

http://www.annefrank.com/1_life.htm

Anne Frank: A Virtual Scrapbook

http://www.annefrank.com/af_life/story_intro.htm

WWII Home Front Museum

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/museum/index.htm

The Children of World War Two

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/index.shtml

The Cold War Era- Various Chapters and Sections

Eleanor Roosevelt

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ar32.html

The Legacy of World War Two

http://library.thinkquest.org/19090/main3.html

Origins of the Cold War

http://library.thinkquest.org/11369/coldwar.htm

Cold War Timeline

http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/start.htm

Major Events of the Cold War

http://library.thinkquest.org/22059/conflict/

The Berlin Wall and U-Bahn

http://www.appropriatesoftware.com/BerlinWall/Essay4.html

The Berlin Wall; Facts and Fotos

http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/index.html

Vietnam Online

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/timeline/

The Red Guards and Communist China

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cultural-revolution/redguards.html

Impact of Chinese Cultural Revolution

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cultural-revolution/impact.html

Participating Nations of the Korean War

http://library.thinkquest.org/28386/koreanwar/nationroom/nation.htm

Independence Movements in Southeast Asia

http://library.thinkquest.org/27942/indexf.htm

Vietnam; Then and Now

http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/h/people.html

The Vietnam Memorial

http://www.thevirtualwall.org/view/view_index.htm

The Tet Offensive

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/pt_07.html

Peace Between Israel and Egypt

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1978/index.html

Energy Crisis of the 1970s

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/centennial/november/photo/gasline.html

The Gulf War

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/war/5.html

The End of Communism

http://library.thinkquest.org/10775/kgb.htm

The Iran Contra Affair

http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0149792-0&templatename=/article/article.html

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