Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of the Middle East
Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Circassians
The Circassians are a people indigenous to the northwestern Caucasus who are also found today as minority communities in four Middle Eastern countries: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. They call themselves "Adyge," the term...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Iran
Until mass emigration began in 1948, Jews constituted one of the largest and longest-settled non-Muslim populations in Iran. Dispersed in every city and town in the country, Iranian Jews were almost always a minority except in a few...
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Japan
Provides a country profile and comprehensive travel guide to Japan, background details, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, tourism, government, and...
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Singapore
Features a country profile and travel guide to Singapore, background details, and numerous links to in-depth information on the city-state's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, tourism, government, and more.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Political Asia, 1909
A map of Asia from 1910 showing country boundaries at the time, foreign possessions, major cities, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the extent of the Russian Empire and Turkish Ottoman Empire in Asia, the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1912
A map of Asia from 1912 showing country boundaries at the time, foreign possessions, major cities, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the principal railways of the region with connections to Europe. This map...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1903
A map of Asia from 1903 showing country boundaries at the time, major cities, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the extent of the Russian Empire and Turkish Ottoman Empire in Asia, the Empire of Japan and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1899
A map of Asia from 1899 showing country boundaries at the time, foreign possessions, capitals and major cities, rivers, canals, lakes, deserts, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the principal railways and caravan routes of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Political Map of Asia, 1919
A map from 1919 of Asia showing the political boundaries at the time. This map shows the extent of the Russian and Ottoman empires in Asia, the British possessions of India, Straits Settlements on the Malay Peninsula, northern Borneo,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1904
A map of Asia from 1904 showing country boundaries at the time, major cities, rivers, lakes, deserts, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the extent of the Russian Empire and Turkish Ottoman Empire in Asia, the Empire of Japan...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1916
A map of Asia from 1916 showing country boundaries at the time, major cities, railroads, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal features. The map indicates foreign possessions in the region with British India (which included Myanmar or...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cultural Heritage at Risk: Syria
Syria, home to some of the oldest and culturally rich cities and archaeological sites in the world, is currently experiencing significant devastation due to shelling, a breakdown of order, looting,and iconoclasm. The current situation in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia (Physical), 1868
A map from 1868 of Asia showing physical features and natural resources of the region. The map shows political boundaries of the time, with capitals, major cities, and ports. The map shows mountain systems with black lines of variable...
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The Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Post is a daily news journal, published in Jakarta, covering the latest news, issues and events for the city and country.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1888
A map showing country boundaries of Europe as they existed in 1888, including major cities, rivers, and landforms. This map highlights the significance of the use of natural boundaries (rivers and mountains) over cadastral (surveyed or...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Babylonia Before the Semitic (Chaldaean) Conquest, About 4000 Bc
A map of Babylonia, in current Iraq, before the Semitic (Chaldaean) Conquest, about 4000 B.C. This map shows the early territories of Makan and Melucha between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, with the Makan capital Ur inhabited by the...