"To know nothing of what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child"

--Cicero

Syllabus 2008-2009.pdf

World History Links:

Chinese Characters

Greek History Links:

http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index22.txt

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Parthenon.html

http://www.ancientgreece.com/art/art.htm

http://www.greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_museum_classical.html

http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Greek3.htm

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vase/hd_vase.htm

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html

Philosophers Quotes: world-history-web/Philosophers Quotes.pdf

Current Event Links/Iraq Media Watch:

10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris

http://www.freep.com/

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

http://staff.gpschools.org/villegk/Dept/Links/current.html

Media Analysis Worksheet.pdf

Silk Road Simulation Sites:

 ** For all Met links, be sure to click on thumbnails to enlarge images of the art

Byzantine Empire: 

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byz_1.html Excellent overview of origins, history, and art

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/images.html  Great images—look specifically at Exhibition 3 on Constantinople—will give you great ideas for your backdrop.

 Tang/Song Dynasty:

 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tang/hd_tang.htm  Good images/description of Tang art

 http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/  An excellent look at Song culture through a piece of art

 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nsong/hd_nsong.htm  Great images/description of Song art

 Abbasid Empire:

 http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/fractured/abbasid.html  Good image of Abbasid Palace

 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abba/hd_abba.htm  Description of art of the period.

 Gupta Empire:

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/gupta.cfm  Brief, but good topics to research further