Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: History of Medieval Islam
This page presents detailed information about the history of Islam during the Medieval Period. Includes discussion of the Ottoman Empire and various reigning families.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Baghdad
Fordham University gives a detailed description of Baghdad as the intellectual center of the Arab and later Islam culture. Gives details of important cultural and intellectual figures in Baghdad's history.
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Expansion of the Early Islamic Empire
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson using primary sources in which students study the documents and consider historical developments in the early Islamic Empire. Teacher materials, student materials, original documents and...
BBC
Bbc: Islam
This elaborate site details the history of Islam, and includes a beginner's guide to the religion, a prayer calculator, views of mosques, and an explanation of pilgrimages to Mecca. Further information on Islamic customs, worship, books,...
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam History
This page presents the history of Islam from 570 A.D. to 1492 A.D.
Islami City
Islami city.com: Islam and Islamic History the Message
This site has history of Islam in the Middle East.
Princeton University
Princeton University: Maps of the Islamic Middle East
This site from the Princeton University includes a map collection from Roolvink's "Atlas of the Middle East" with a variety of historical maps on Islam.
PBS
Pbs: Islam Empire of Faith
Offers a broad portrait of Islamic art and culture in order to show the great diversity as well as the fundamental unity of Islamic civilization in its long and varied history.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The House of Wisdom
Describes how Baghdad grew into a place of scholarship during the Golden Age of Islam. The Caliph, Abdullah Al Ma'moun, brought many foreign scholars to translate books by renowned thinkers and philosophers for Baghdad's House of Wisdom....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: State Building: Technology and Cultural Transfers During the Crusades
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the influence of Islam on technology and cultural transfers that occurred during the Crusades...
Islami City
Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East: The Crusaders
This site describes the Arabic view of the Crusaders and their struggles they faced. A great look into the less studied realm of the Crusades.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Islamic Civilization
A lecture regarding the history of the Islamic civilzation.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe World History: The World of Islam, 600 1500
This overview of a textbook chapter on "The World of Islam," gives information on the period from 600-1500 A.D. Information is given on the culture and civilization of the period, and the dynasties and rule during the period are given an...