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Section 1: Physical Geography
Negev Desert Botanical Garden
A map showing the desert regions, from the Gulf of Eilat to the Mediterranean Sea. Ranging in elevation from sea level to over 1000m, the Negev consists of many desert types.
Web site by: Direct Connection
Section 2: Turkey
The Glory of Byzantium
A site that provides history, themes, time line, glossary, and teacher resources. The Byzantine Empire was founded when the capital of the Roman Empire was transferred from Rome to Constantinople (Istanbul) in AD 324.
Web site by: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Learning from Earthquakes: Middle East and West Asia
Click on the country name to find out more about that region and recent earthquake activity there.
Web site by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Current Seismicity for the Middle East
Learn more about the most recent earthquakes in the Middle East.
Web site by the U.S. Geological Survey
Historical Information on The Topkapi Palace Museum
Home to all the Ottoman sultans for nearly four centuries. This museum site provides historical background, a museum guide with photos, palace garments, portraits of the sultans, objects from the Imperial treasury, clocks, miniatures, and porcelains.
Web site by: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nazim Hikmet (Turkish Poet)
A brief biography of the poet who spent much of his adult life in prison or exile for his politics, a selection of his poems in English, and a photo of his grave in Moscow. Nazim Hikmet is acclaimed in Turkey as the first and foremost modern Turkish poet.
Web site by: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Section 3: Israel and Occupied Territories
The Negev Bedouin
A photographic essay. This site provides a glimpse into the lives of the nomadic people of Arab descent who live in desert areas around Beer-Sheva. Images are organized in sections on tribes, people, livestock, and permanent settlements.
Web site by: Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Scrolls From the Dead Sea
A description and historical context of the scrolls and their discovery in 1947. The site presents twelve Dead Sea Scroll fragments, archaeological artifacts, and supplementary materials from the Library of Congress.
Web site by: Library of Congress
The Zionist Century
Zionism is the movement to return Jews to Zion, the Jewish synonym for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel. This site has a timeline and glossary, provides biographies and descriptions of places, explains concepts, and includes 40 activity files.
Web site by The Department for Jewish Zionist Education
Palestinian Folklore
Songs, proverbs, and stories. This site examines folk songs and provides lyrics in Arabic script, a transliteration, and translation into English. It also has proverbs and stories illustrating the basics of the Arabic morals and traditions and Palestinian culture.
Web site by: Bargouti.com
Section 4: Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan
Tell es-Sweyhat Archaeological Project
An ongoing dig on the Euphrates. This site describes the project's goals and history and provides photos of life in the field. It features data, drawings, and photos of the excavated town and tombs and describes geomagnetic mapping.
Web site by: University of Pennsylvania
The Key Role of Impurities in Ancient Damascus Steel Blades
The famous 16-18th century Damascus blades with swirling patterns of light on a nearly black background. Part metallurgy, part detective story, this technical article examines the science behind the making of the patterns and the reason the art was lost.
Web site by: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
 
 
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