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Global Issues

Incore Country Guides http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

Out There News: Megastories http://www.megastories.com/index.shtml

Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/

Freedom in the World http://216.119.117.183/research/freeworld/2001/countries.htm

Contemporary Conflicts http://wps.cfc.dnd.ca/links/wars/index.html

Amnesty International Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/

Contemporary Conflicts in Africa http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/welcome.htm

Global Witness http://www.oneworld.org/globalwitness/

Yahoo: Full Coverage World http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/

World News.com http://worldnews.com/

World & I (ask Mrs. V. to log you in) http://www.worldandi.com/


Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory http://jewish-studies.virtualave.net/

Adherents (religion) Adherents.com http://www.adherents.com/

Amnesty International Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/

* Atlapedia (Countries of the World) http://www.atlapedia.com/

Atlas of the World http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NATLAS/

*Background Notes (State Department) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/

Beliefnet: Multifaith Information http://www.beliefnet.com/

* CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

CityLink http://usacitylink.com

City Net http://www.city.net/destinations/

City Search.com http://www.citysearch.com

Comparative Religion & Religious Studies http://weber.u.washington.edu/~madin/

Countries Theme Page http://www.cln.org/themes/countries.html

Country Library http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries

Country Maps from W3 Servers in Europe http://www.tue.nl/europe/

CountryWatch.com http://www.countrywatch.com/

Cultural Tidbits http://www.transimage.com/General/Main.html

Cultures http://www.cultures.com/

Dangerous Places http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/dp/dp_intro.html

Destinations(travel) http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/dest.htm

Digital City http://www.digitalcity.com

E- Conflict World Encyclopedia http://www.emulateme.com/

*Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/

Electronic Embassy http://www.embassy.org

Facets of Religion http://sunfly.ub.uni-freiburg.de/religion/

Festivals.com: Celebrating the World of Festivals and Events http://www.festivals.com/

Flags of All Countries http://www.theodora.com/flags.html

Flags of the World http://fotw.digibel.be/flags/

Freedom House Home Page http://freedomhouse.org

Free Travel Brochures US) http://www.travelinformation.com/

Geographic Learning Site http://geography.state.gov/htmls/plugin.html

Geography at the Mining Company http://geography.miningco.com/

Getting through Customs http://www.getcustoms.com/omnibus.html

Governments on the WWW http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

History Wiz: Regions http://historywiz.com/region.htm

InfoNation (Compare statistics) http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

INCORE: Internet Conflict Data Service http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

IPL Culturequest http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/

Jewish Encyclopedia.com http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp

Jewish History Resource Center http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/dinur/

Kulanu (Jewish communities around the world) http://kulanu.ubalt.edu/

LA Times - Travel Sourcebook http://www.latimes.com/travel/sourcebook/

* Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Map Machine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

Mining Company World Atlas http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blindex.htm

MultiMap.com European cities) http://www.multimap.com

National Forum on People's Differences http://yforum.com/

National Geographic Index http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/explore.html

Political Resources on the Net http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/

Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Regions and Countries (The World Bank) http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm

Religion-Online http://www.religion-online.org/

Religious Movements Page http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jkh8x/soc257/

Religious Studies Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton

State of the World Indicators http://www.igc.apc.org/millennium/inds/

Textile Museum http://www.textilemuseum.org/

Travel.org http://www.travel.org/index2.html

United Nations http://www.un.org

World Cultures http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM

World Heritage List http://www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm

World News Megastories http://www.megastories.com/

World Safari (kids) http://www.supersurf.com/

World Flag Database http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm

World Heritage Sites http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm

World Wide Holiday and Festival Page http://smiley.logos.cy.net/bdecie/

WorldSkip.com http://www.worldskip.com/

WTECH Educational Gateway http://www.wtech.co.uk/

Your Nation http://www.your-nation.com

Zagat.com http://www.zagat.com


World Arts

African Art Resources http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/african.html

African Crafts Online http://www.africancrafts.com/aco.htm

African Odyssey Interactive http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/vpa.html

Art of China Homepage http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html

Arts of India http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Maps/india.html

Arts of India http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/art/

Chinese Art Resources http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/china.html

City/Buildings Database (architecture) http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/

Fashion India http://www.fashionindia.net/index1.htm

Latin American Art Resources http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/latin.html

Pacific Asian Arts http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Maps/pacific.html

Resources for the Arts of Africa http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/africa.html

Student Research Pages http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/artsedge.html

World Art Treasures http://sgwww.epfl.ch/berger/


World Foods

Asia Food http://www.asiafood.org/

Diana's Links to International Recipes http://belgourmet.com/

Eatethnic: Global Food, Nutrition, and Cooking http://www.eatethnic.com/

History of Eating Utensils http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/

SOAR: Searchable Online Archive of Recipes http://soar.Berkeley.EDU/recipes/

World Kitchen http://creative-homeliving.com/World_Kitchen/links.stm


World Music/Games

Baul: Indian Folk Music http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~achatt1/baul.html

Beijing Opera Page http://web.syr.edu/~xwang02/index0.html

Carnatic Music (India) http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~vrd4958/carnatic.html

Boowa & Kwala (games and songs for kids) http://www.boowakwala.com

Chinese Music Page http://vizlab.rutgers.edu/~jaray/sounds/chinese_music/chinese_music.html

Classical Music of India http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~boppe/MUSIC/music.html

Eyeneer Music Archives http://www.eyeneer.com/World/index.html

Al Mashriq: Middle East Music http://almashriq.hiof.no/base/music.html

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music and World Music http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html

Indian Classical Arts http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~sundar/

Indian Musical Instruments http://www.allindia.com/arts/instru.htm

Instrument Encyclopedia http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html

Radio Real World http://realworld.on.net/

Roots World http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/rw.html

Songlines: Journeys in World Music http://www.songlines.co.uk/


Costume

African Odyssey Interactive http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/vpa.html

Costume Page http://members.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html

Ethnic Costumes Links http://www.costumes.org/pages/ethnolnk.htm

History of the Kimono http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/kimono/

Middle East Dance Costume Links http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/~tmiller/med_cost.htm

Milieux: The Costume Site http://www.milieux.com/costume/


Dance

African Dance CHAINS http://found.cs.nyu.edu/andruid/chains/index.html

African Music and Dance http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/

African Odyssey Interactive http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/vpa.html

Art of Middle Eastern Dance (by Shira) http://www.shira.net/

Arthur Hall Dance http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~jw157/arthur.hall.html

As-Sayf Dance (Africa and Middle East) http://www.ivo.se/as-sayf/englishindex.html

Cambodian Classical Dance (Other Asian countries too!) http://www.netaxs.com/~tskramer/dance.html

Chinese Classical and Folk Dance http://asiansociety.org/dancebj/

Dance Index http://world-arts-resources.com/dance/

Dance, Music and Theatres of Bali http://www.indo.com/culture/dance_music.html

Dances of India http://www.allindia.com/arts/dance.htm

Dragon Dance (China) http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/html_e/dragon.htm

Folk Dance Association http://www.folkdancing,org

Dance Links (scroll down to World/Ethnic/Historical) http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/other.htm

Indian Classical Arts http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~sundar/

Indian Dances http://www.keral.com/dance.htm

Indian Dance Forms http://www.indiagov.org/culture/dances/dnceform.htm

Institute of Historical Dance Homepage (IHDP) http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~vfack/ihdp/

Sapphire Swan Dance Directory http://www.SapphireSwan.com/dance/

Styles of Belly Dance http://www.shira.net/styles.htm


Sports and Games

African Games http://members.xoom.com/africanmath/main.htm

African Games Information Links http://www.myriad-online.com/awalink.htm

International Games Archive http://www.internationalgames.net/

Korean Traditional Games http://www.vc97.attjens.co.jp/VC_48/korea/ke/keindex.htm

Traditional Games http://www.gamecabinet.com/deeperDrawers/Traditional.html

Traditional Games and Martial Arts of India http://library.advanced.org/11372/data/indigenous.htm


Africa

Africa Online http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Africa Information Center http://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html

African Art Resources http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/african.html

African Cookbook http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Cookbook/about_cb_wh.html

African Crafts Online http://www.africancrafts.com/aco.htm

African Cultures http://africancultures.about.com/mbody.htm?COB=home&terms=costume&PM=112_200_T

African Games http://members.xoom.com/africanmath/main.htm

African Games Information Links http://www.myriad-online.com/awalink.htm

African Odyssey Interactive http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/vpa.html

Country Specific Pages for Africa http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html

Encyclopedia of the Orient http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html

Kenyaweb http://www.kenyaweb.com

Peoples and Cultures of Africa http://www.fandm.edu/departments/Anthropology/Bastian/ANT269/home.html

South Africa Online http://www.southafrica.co.za

Story of Africa http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/

Student Research Pages http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/artsedge.html


Asia

ArabNet http://www.arab.net

Arts of India http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/art/

Asia Food http://www.asiafood.org/

Asiaco, the Asia Search Engine http://search.asiaco.com/

AsiaSource http://www.asiasource.org/

AskAsia http://www.askasia.org

Art of China http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html

Buddhism on the Web http://www.inet.co.th/cyberclub/bow/index.html

Bushido Online http://www.bushido.ch/

China the Beautiful: Chinese Art and Literature http://chinapage.com/china.html

China Today http://www.chinatoday.com

China Vista http://www.chinavista.com/home.html

China, Yours to Discover http://www.cnto.org/

Chinese Art Resources http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/china.html

Chinese New Year http://www.web-holidays.com/lunar

Chinese Wedding Traditions http://www.chcp.org/Vwedding.html

Classical Music of India http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~boppe/MUSIC/music.html

Discover India http://www.meadev.gov.in/

Discovering China http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/index2.html

East Timor Human Rights Center http://law.murdoch.edu.au/minihub/ethrc/

Educational Resources on Asia http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Resource.htm

Ethics of Buddha and Buddhism http://www.san.beck.org/EC9-Buddha.html

Fashion India http://www.fashionindia.net/index1.htm

Golden Legacy Curriculum (China) http://www.chcp.org/Pgolden.html

Hindustan (India) http://hindustan.org

Study of Hindu Religion http://www.us-hindus.com/

History of Korea http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~korea/history.html

Home Page of the Japanese Prime Minister http://www.kantei.go.jp/index-e.html

India http://www.iceonline.net/home/indohome/india/india.html

India http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html

India-Connect http://www.indiaconnect.com/

India-World.Com Web Directory http://www.india-world.com/

Japan Window http://www.jwindow.net/

Japanese Arts Resources http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/japan.html

Korean History Project http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/

Malaysia http://www.visitmalaysia.com/main.html

Manas: India and Its Neighbors http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/

100 Celebrated Chinese Women http://www.span.com.au/100women/

People's Republic of China http://www.edu.cn/china

Student Research Pages http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/artsedge.html

Taj Mahal: A Multicultural Synthesis http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/

Traditional Games and Martial Arts of India http://library.advanced.org/11372/data/indigenous.htm

uschinabridge.com http://www.uschinabridge.com/uscult.htm


Middle East

About Islam and Muslims http://www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic

Encyclopedia of the Orient http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

History of Israel http://www.israel.org/mfa/home.asp

Introduction to Islam http://www2.ari.net/gckl/islam/introislam.htm

Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture http://www.islamicart.com

Islamic Server http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/

Israeli Foreign Ministry Home Page http://www.israel.org/mfa/home.asp

Jerusalem Mosaic http://www1.huji.ac.il/jeru/

Maps of the Middle East http://www.lib/utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east.html

Middle East Information Network http://www.mideastinfo.com/

Middle Eastern Studies http://www.mid.tec.sc.us/edu/ed/lb/mideast.html

Middle Eastern Studies: WWW Virtual Library http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/index.html

Shi'ite Encyclopedia http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/

Wye-River Memorandum http://cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9810/22.mideast.agreement/


Europe

Beginner's Guide to the Balkans http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/balkans_content/

Central Eurasia Project http://www.soros.org/central_euras

Encyclopedia of British History: 1700-1950 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html

Ireland.com http://www.ireland.com/

Russia and East European Studies http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb

Russia Today http://www.russiatoday.com/

Russophilia http://dove.net.au/~rabogna/russian/russian1.htm

Si Spain http://www.DocuWeb.ca/SiSpain/

Ukraine http://www.brama.com/


Americas

Latin America Information Network http://lanic.utexas.edu

Student Research Pages http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/4stu/srp/artsedge.html

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