COUNTRY
STUDY -- IRAN: A
general introduction to Iran from the U.S. Library of Congress.
COUNTRY
STUDY -- IRAQ: A
general introduction to Iran from the U.S. Library of Congress.
COUNTRY
STUDY -- SAUDI ARABIA:
A general introduction to Iran from the U.S. Library of Congress.
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS -- MIDDLE EAST:
A comprehensive web-site that includes interactive timelines and thematic
overviews of geography, economics, religion, culture, politics, and science
and technology.
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS -- WHAT HAVE BEEN THE ROLE AND EFFECTS OF U.S. FOREIGN
POLICIES AND ACTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST:
A very concise but informative overview of American involvement in the region
since 1919.
LAWRENCE OF
ARABIA: The
accompanying web-site for a PBS biography.
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS: A
Frontline special that attempts to explain the hatred behind the 9/11/2001
terrorist attacks and the emergence of radical Islam from Egypt and Saudi
Arabia.
MIDDLE EAST 1917 TO 1978: A thorough introduction from the U.K.-based History Learning Site.
MIDDLE EAST AND THE WEST -- A TROUBLED HISTORY (1098-2004):
A six-part summer 2004 "All Things Considered" special audio series in which
reporter Mike Shuster traces the relationship between the Middle East and the
West from the time of The Crusades to the recent wars in Iraq.
TIME
TRAIL -- IRAN: A
collection of contemporary Time articles stretching in time from the 1979
Revolution through 2000.
TIME TRAIL -- LEBANON:
An extensive anthology of articles ranging in date from World War II to 2000.
: A December 2002 Digital Journalist feature by photographer
Peter Turnley about the First Gulf War.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN IRAQ?: A
concise introduction from the Children's BBC Newsround.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,
On The Suez Canal Crisis, October 31, 1956: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
NEWS REPORT,
Assassination Of Egyptian President Sadat, October 6, 1981: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
RONALD REAGAN,
On The Hijacking Of TWA Flight 847, June 18, 1985: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
GEORGE BUSH,
On The Persian Gulf War, January 16, 1991: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.