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Cultural and Intellectual History

Ancient India, An online exhibit from the British Museum, 2003; the site is specifically aimed at middle scholars and teachers, but all ages will enjoy exploring the site.

Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. From the Mediterranean to the Indus, This Web site presents almost two dozen examples of Third Millennium B.C. art from the region called the "cradle of civilization," an area stretching from the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean across Iran and Central Asia to the Indus Valley. The site is divided into eight thematic sections: Masterpieces, Cities, The Ruler, The Divine World, Death and Burial, Writing, Seals and Sealing, Clothing and Personal Adornment.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: The Greater Ottoman Empire, 1600-1800, Islamic Art, Later Period

Heilbrunn Tiimeline of Art History: Art and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Turkey, Islamic Art, Later Period

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Islamic Art in the Early Period (ca. 500-ca 1000 A.D.)

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Islamic Art in the Medieval Period (ca. 1000-ca 1400 A.D.)

In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000, This delightful interactive online exhibit was created by staff members at the Freer & Sackler Galleries Smithsonian Institution, and was created by guest curator, Michelle P. Brown. The exhibit brings together (with some nice audio commentary) a number of important early Hebrew and Christian bibles. The sections of the site tell the stories of the earliest printed Bibles and also how readings from early Bibles brought the Old and New Testaments to life in a very vivid fashion. The exhibit site is rounded out by some very fine extras, such as a bibliography, a chronology, and so on.