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This page is no longer being updated. Please see the primary source section of the Middle East History subject guide for an updated list of links.

Middle East and North Africa

See Ancient History for other sites dealing with the history of the Middle East and North Africa. Most of these sites reflect an American perspective on the region.

General Sites

• Encyclopedia of the Orient
  Online encyclopedia providing information on North Africa and the Middle East.
• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
  Collection of primary sources, often in English translation, of historic documents dealing with Islam and Islamic history. Also see Internet Jewish History Sourcebook.
• Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion
  Site created by Dr. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia provides "a non-polemical view of Islam (including Sunni Islam, Shi'ism, and Sufism) and to a lesser extent of Judaism and Christianity." Also see Muslim Heritage.com.
• Travelers in the Middle East Archive
  "A digital archive that focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travels to Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

Regional Sites

• Memory of Suez Canal
  Documents, photos, films and maps documenting the technical and engineering aspects of the Suez Canal.

Iran

• Iranian Oral History Project
  More than 15 excerpts from transcripts "of personal accounts of individuals who either played major roles in important political events and decisions from the 1920s to the 1970s or witnessed these events from close range."
• The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953
  1954 report written on the coup by one of the operation's chief planners, Donald Wilber. Also see the New York Times version. Part of the National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book series at George Washington University.
• The Story of the Revolution
  BBC Persian Service documentary on the revolution.
• 20 Years after the Hostages: Declassified Documents on Iran and the United States
  Collection of 6 declassified documents. Part of the National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book series at George Washington University.

Israel

• Historical Documents, Treaties and Agreements
  Collection of documents dealing with the history of Israel presented by the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy and Ben Gurion University.
• Jewish Newspapers Site
  Currently contains just the Palestine Post from 1932 to 1950.
• Jewish Virtual Library
  "The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism." Also see the Jewish History Resource Center.
• Recognition of the State of Israel
  Collection of documents from the Truman administration dealing with the creation of the Israeli state. Part of Project Whistlestop at the Truman Library.
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea
  Library of Congress exhibit provides digital images of 12 scroll fragments with translations and commentary.

Morocco

• The Barbary Treaties
  Collection of nine treaties between the United States and the Barbary states (Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli) signed between 1786 and 1836. Part of the Avalon Project.

Turkey

• Byzantium Studies Page
  Collection of links dealing with the history of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• Internet Ataturk Library
  Collection of speeches, images and biographical information on Mustafa Kemel Ataturk. Includes material in Turkish and English.

Israeli Palestinian Conflict

• Palestine 1916-1999: A Documentary Record
  Collection of documents arranged chronologically dealing with Palestine. Also see the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry report. Part of the Avalon Project. Also see the collection of documents at Mt. Holyoke College, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Documents Pertinent to Middle Eastern Issues.
• A Personal Diary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  Photo-diary of Nigel Parry who worked at Birzeit University between 1994 and 1998.
• UN Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL)
  Collection of more than 3000 full-text United Nations (and some League of Nations) documents dating from 1921 to the present dealing with the Palestine question.

Gulf War

• The Gulf War
  Web site accompanying the Frontline documentary includes oral histories and chronology.

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