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Long Teaching Module: Women in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800
Talking about an “early modern world” allows us to investigate the interconnectedness of world cultures, as opposed to their isolation.
Review
Internet African History Sourcebook
The site provides broad chronological and geographic coverage, with a particularly impressive list of sources for ancient Egypt and Greek and Roman Africa. It is a gateway to an abundance of information.
Teaching
Long Teaching Module: Women in the Islamic World, 600-1600
From its inception in the early 7th century up to the present day, women have played a vital role in shaping Islamic history.
Review
Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820
Students could speculate on who made the objects, who used them, and how they were used. This would give them a sense of the kind of interpretive work done by historians.
Source
Renunciation case against Gertrudis de Escobar, Mexico, 1659
This document is the proceedings of an 1659 Inquisition case brought against a 14 year old girl. The girl, named Gertrudis de Escobar, was accused of the crime of renouncing God. Gertrudis de Escobar was the child of a black person and a white person, termed at that time a mulata.
Review
Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
By collecting and translating these folktales, the three interviewers preserved many oral traditions that may have otherwise been lost in the dynamism of a changing, 21st-century Turkey.
Teaching
Long Teaching Module: Bhakti Poets
This teaching module outlines the Bhakti Movement - a Hindu religious movement originating in the 6th century CE that was inspired by a number of prominent women poets.
Review
Florilegium Urbanum
Inspired by the medieval concept of a textual anthology illuminating specific topics, Florilegium Urbanum allows the user to explore more than 200 short sources and excerpts from longer texts dealing with medieval English towns.
Review
Fine Arts in Hungary
A handy feature of this site is the Guided Tours, designed to help users 'discover the territory of Hungarian fine arts.'
Review