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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: History of Medieval Islam

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents detailed information about the history of Islam during the Medieval Period. Includes discussion of the Ottoman Empire and various reigning families.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Baghdad

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Expansion of the Early Islamic Empire

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[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...
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BBC

Bbc: Islam

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Website
Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam History

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents the history of Islam from 570 A.D. to 1492 A.D.
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Website
Islami City

Islami city.com: Islam and Islamic History the Message

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has history of Islam in the Middle East.
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Princeton University

Princeton University: Maps of the Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Islam Empire of Faith

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: The House of Wisdom

For Students 9th - 10th
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....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: State Building: Technology and Cultural Transfers During the Crusades

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
Islami City

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East: The Crusaders

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Article
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Islamic Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
A lecture regarding the history of the Islamic civilzation.
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Website
McGraw Hill

Glencoe World History: The World of Islam, 600 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
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...