east asian history resources

Resources on Islamic History

Guides to the Web

Academic Pages

Barbara R. von Schlegell: Web Resources [At UPenn]
A good starting point for Islamic religion.
Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion [At Georgia]
By Prof. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia. See especially the page on Islamic History, Philosophy, and Scientific Thought
History of Islamic Civilization [Nipissing U]
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam [At EAWC]
Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture
Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials [At SOAS]
Mircea Eliade: From Primitives to Zen [at enteract.com]
Complete texts of Eliade's religion anthology online.
Islamic Themes in Medieval French Miniatures [At BNF]
Orientalisches Seminar der Universität Zürich
Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, School of Oriental Studies
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
inlcudes some online articles.
Encyclopedia of the Orient
Very useful short entry encyclopedia on the Muslim/Middle Eastern world.
Islamic Timeline [At Princeton]
A scrolling timeline indication geography and duration of the huge number of Islamic dynasties.
World History Textbook Summary [At U Mich]
Reviews of how textboosk deal with Islam/Middle East, etc.
Conversion of Islamic and Christian dates

General Interest Sites

Muslim Sites

USC Muslim Students Association Islamic Server [At USC]
A very well done resource.
About Al-Islam and Muslims [At Unn.uk]
A wide variety of sources and texts from a Muslim point of view.
The Islam Page [At Islamworld]
DÜNYA: Cybermuslim Information Project
Islamic Thought [At MSA Buffalo]
With links to material on Jurisprudence
Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage [At MSA Buffalo]
An extensive, but ideologically motivated, guide to net resources.