Near Eastern, Islamic &Arabic Studies: Selected Internet Resources

Maps and Atlases

• Arab Gateway : Historical Maps - numerous maps of Jerusalem and the Crusades as well as maps from UT-Austin and U.Penn (see links below), organized by historical periods.
• Historical Maps from the Libyan National Atlas - notations in Arabic with some Greek and Latin for selected maps.
• Map of Muslim Empire, 750 C.E.
• Maps of Ancient Iran
• Maps of Muslim World
• Maps of the Middle East - extensive collection of modern-era maps and some historical maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at UT-Austin.
• Middle East Maps - modern-era maps of historical situations such as the Israeli-Egyptian Agreement (1975), the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) and the Palestinian Refugee Camps (1967).
• Palestine Maps
• Web Guide to Maps of the Middle East

Ancient Near East Sites image obtained from SIRA

 
• About.com's Near East - Ancient/Classical History Links
• Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet
• Akhet Internet - guide to ancient Egypt. Has an interactive "Clickable Mummy" and a chronological list of rulers.
• Ancient History Sourcebook: the Ancient Near East and Egypt - annotated links to various websites.
• Ancient Near Eastern Art - from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Ancient World Web - annotated links to various websites arranged by subject.
• The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ - guide to mythological characters and places.
• The Avalon Project : The Code of Hammurabi - a Yale Law School project with an introduction, essay, translation and glossary of terms.
• Babylonian Collection at Yale University
• Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ - guide to the regions which are now modern-day Palestine, Syria, Israel and Lebanon.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Babylonia and Assyria
• The Coptic Network - numerous links to Coptic-related websites.
• Egypt's CultureNet - provides brief overview of ancient, Coptic and Islamic Egypt.
• Egyptology Resources
• Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature: catalogue of Sumerian literary compositions - includes holdings available at Yale. Text, translation and bibliography are provided for numerous titles.
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures: the Ancient Near East
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Egypt
• Gateways to Babylon - contains essays and texts of myths and stories including the Epic of Gilgamesh.
• Guardian's Egypt - provides links relating to ancient Egypt, museums and exhibits, and other Egyptology resources.
• History of Mesopotamian Medicine - has general links for Mesopotamian, Babylonian, and Assyrian sites.
• Sumerian Mythology FAQ - guide to mythological characters and places.