Mrs. Ruland's World History Internet Resources
Unit 5 — 1914-Present
General Overview
World War I
Between the Fires
World War II
Environmental, Technological, Cultural, and Economic Issues
Cold War
Rise of Independent Nations
General Resources
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
- Abolish - The Anti-Slavery Web Portal
- Anatomy of a Revolution by Crane Brinton
- Atlapedia Online
- The British Empire
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- The Choices Program Teaching with the News
- Conflict and Refugees_ A global Problem
- Conjuring the Modern in Africa: Durability and Rapture in Histories of Public
- Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? A WebQuest
- Frontline - Give War a Chance
- Healing between the Great Lakes of East Africa
- Country Reports, for Countries Around the World!
- Country Studies_ Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress _ Federal Research Division)
- Educational Reference Links
- Foreign Affairs: The New Global Slave Trade
- Genocide
- Genocide Studies Program - Yale University
- Genocide Unearthed
- Global Incident Map.com - Global Display of Terrorism and Other Suspicious Events
- Hans Rosling: Debunking Third-World Myths
- The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century
- Imperialism
- Imperial Notions: Examining the Effects of Colonialism on Peoples Around the World
- Index of Economic Freedom
- Issues of Genocide in the Modern and Contemporary World
- Lonely Planet - Destinations
- MIT Security Studies Program
- Modern Slavery 101
- Mrs. Ruland's US History - WWW Resources - Contemporary Issues
- Nation by Nation Almanac
- Nationalism
- This site contain short discussion on the conditions necessary for nationalism as well as the history of nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- The New Americans
- Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature: An Overview
- Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003
- Smithsonian Channel - Light at the Edge of the World
- South Asia Analysis Group
- Terrorism
- UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
- Virtualsources.com - Country information and resources
- WebQuest: Never Again! Again?
- What War Looks Like - Volume 17 No. 2 - Winter 2002_2003 - Rethinking Schools Online
- Wide Angle - PBS
- Women's Issues - 3rd World - Home Page
- 21st Century Slaves
- Africa
- Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
- African History - Independence
- African Religion
- Africa South of the Sahara
- African Timelines
- Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple
- Art and Life in Africa Project
- As We Forgive: Can Mercy Restore What Genocide Destroyed?
- The Athens of West Africa
- Biafra: Thirty Years On
- CNN.com Special Report - Darfur in Danger
- Colonialism and Independence: Nigeria as a Case Study
- Coptic Orthodox Liturgical Change and Hymnody
- Dying in Darfur: The Ongoing Genocide in the Sudan
- Elephant Poaching, Ivory Wars
- Emmanuel Jal
- Exploring Africa
- Frontline - Ambush in Modadishu
- Frontline - The Crime of Genocide
- Frontline - The Ghosts of Rwanda
- Frontline - On Our Watch: Darfur
- Frontline - The Triumph of Evil
- Frontline -_Valentina's Nightmare
- Global Connections: Liberia
- History of Africans in America, Africa and in the Diaspora
- Human Rights Video Project - Lost Boys of Sudan
- Idi Amin Dada: Despotic President of Uganda in the 1970s
- Idi Amin Dies
- Invisible Children - Video
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
- The Living Africa
- Lost Boys of Sudan
- Lost, But Found
- National Museum of African Art
- Nigerian Oil
- Organization of African Unity
- Orphans of Rwanda
- PBS - Hopes on the Horizon: Africa in the 1990s
- Peace Corps - World Wise School - Water in Africa
- POV - Rain in a Dry Land
- Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo
- Rwandan Genocide Survivor Recalls Horror
- Rwanda: How the Genocide Happened
- Searching for Jacob: Scott Pelley Reports on the Genocide in Darfur
- The Story of Africa - Independence
- Sudan: A Historical Perspective
- World History Archives_ The History of Africa
- The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Understanding the Darfur Conflict
- African National Congress Home Page
- Apartheid in the Electronic Passport
- Apartheid and South Africa
- The Apartheid in South Africa
- Apartheid on Yahoo!
- Bill of Rights in Action - South Africa: Revolution at the Ballor Box
- Brief History of South Africa
- Computers and Apartheid
- General Strike in South Africa, June 1961
- Historical Documents Archive of the African National Congress
- The History of Apartheid in South Africa
- Nelson Mandela Biography
- South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
- South African Politics
- The South African System of Apartheid
- About Panama
- The Border
- The Devil's Miner
- Evita Peron Historical Research Foundation
- Finding Chile's Disappeared
- Haiti: National Security
- HI 216 Group Projects: Latin America since 1826
- HI 453/553 Group Projects: US-Latin America Relations
- The Impact of Sandinistas on Nicaragua
- The Iran-Contra Affair, 1983-1988
- Juan Peron and Argentina
- Landless Voices: The Sights and Voices of Dispossession
- Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC
- Latin America - Socialist Revolution and Latin American Unity
- Mapping History - Latin America
- Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
- Mrs. Ruland's World History WWW Resources - Cuba
- Operation Just Cause
- Organization of American States
- Peopling North America: Population Movements and Migration
- POV - Borders
- POV - The Fall of Fujimori
- POV - The Judge and the General
- POV - Rain in a Dry Land
- Proud Parent Peru Touts Potatoes - Chicago Tribune
- The Sandinista Years, 1979-90
- The September 11 Digital Archive
- Socialist Revolution and Latin American Unity
- Walsh Iran/Contra Report
- Asian History Resources
- AsiaSource_ AsiaPROFILES - A resource of the Asia Society
- AskAsia Homepage
- Cambodia in Modern History_ Beauty and Darkness
- Cambodian Information Center (CIC) Homepage
- Chennai Centre for China Studies
- Contemporary Japan
- East Asia in World History
- East Timor
- Emperors of the Sangoku, the “Three Kingdoms,” of India, China, & Japan
- Encyclopaedia of the Orient
- Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
- Kim Jong Il Video
- The Legacy of Pol Pot
- The Pathet Lao
- Mrs. Ruland's World History WWW Resources - Korean War
- Mrs. Ruland's World History WWW Resources - Vietnam War
- Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography, 1840s-1940s
- Taking a Stand: The Forgotten Genocide - Cambodia
- TIMEasia.com - The Next Asian Journey
- Vietnam: The Next Generation
- Aging in Contemporary China
- Best of History Web Sites - China and Tibet
- China Achieves a Modern State
- China: An Emerging Superpower
- China From the Inside
- China Policy Institute: Can China Really Become the Next Superpower?
- China_ Roots of Revolution
- China 1900 to 1976
- China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement
- China Politics Links
- China's Reality Check on Long March
- Chinese Communist Revolution on Yahoo!
- Chinese Cultural Studies: The Death of the Last Emperor's Last Eunuch, 1996
- Christianity Fever
- Does the Tiger Eat Her Cubs?
- The East Asia Collection
- Exploring China
- Fairbank Chinese History Library_ Rob Gray
- Frontline - Dreams of Tibet
- Frontline - The Gate of Heavenly Peace
- Frontline - The Tank Man
- Frontline - Young and Restless in China
- History of China
- Mao: The Unknown Story
- Modern China
- Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center
- NPR: Rewriting History
- People's Republic of China
- The People's Republic of China
- People's Republic of China at 50
- The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia
- Searching for China_ a Full WebQuest
- Serve the People! Images of Daily Life in China during the Cultural Revolution
- Taiwan, Republic of China
- Tiananmen-1989
- The Treasures of China
- Two Chinas
- A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
- Wide Angle: PBS - The People's Court
- BBC - History - From Empire to Independence: The British Raj in India 1858-1947
- BBC - India and Pakistan 07
- BBC - News - India Rising
- Bill of Rights in Action - Bringing Down an Empire: Gandhi and Civil Disobedience
- Country Studies - Area Handbook Series - Bangladesh
- Digital South Asia Library
- The Electronic Passport to the Indian Subcontinent
- The French Institute of Pondicherry
- Gandhi
- Gandhi
- Gandhi Speaks Through Clothing
- History of India
- India: Asia's Other Superpower Breaks Out
- India on the Rise
- India and Pakistan
- India and Pakistan: On the Brink
- India and Pakistan: On the Nuclear Threshold
- Indian Nationalism and the Gandhi Murders
- Indian, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka Movies, 1929-1947
- India 1900 to 1947
- Kashmir: Emerging Crisis
- Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service
- Manas: History and Politics of India
- Nuclear Politics in South Asia
- An Oral History of Indian and Pakistani Independence 1947
- The Political History of Pakistan
- A Politician Above Politics
- Quest for Peace and Diplomacy_ a WebQuest on the India-Pakistan Conflict
- South Asian History
- The Story of India - PBS
- Struggle for the Soul of Pakistan
- 50 Glorious Years of Indian Independence
- Bosnia HomePage at Caltech
- Bosnian Conflict at Yahoo!
- Crisis in Kosovo_ Web Resources for Classroom Lessons
- Frontline - War in Europe
- Kosovo War Crimes
- NATO & Kosovo_ Operation Joint Guard
- Other Balkans Resources
- Srebrenica: A Cry from the Grave
- Understanding the Balkan Conflict
- Yugoslavia - Atlapedia Online
- BBC - News - Muslims in Europe: Country Guide
- Berlin 2000
- Bill of Rights in Action - Emerging Democracies in Eastern Europe and Russia
- Bill of Rights in Action - Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe Today
- Bill of Rights in Action - German Skinheads: Are the Nazis Making a Comeback?
- Countering Jihadi Terrorism in the UK
- Did Germany Have a Revolution ih 1989?
- Eastern Europe: The Multicultural Arena
- Europe in Retrospect
- European Integration and the EU Institutions
- European Unification
- Frontline: War in Europe
- History of Modern Germany
- History of Modern Russia
- The IRA Is No Longer a Threat
- Islam in Europe
- Muslims in Europe
- The National Archives Exhibitions & Learning online Citizenship
- National Review Online - The Same Old, Same Old...
- NEH Summer Seminar Projects: Post-Wall Germany
- The New Europe
- Peace at Last?
- Reflections (Library of Congress Exhibition)
- Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia
- America at a Crossroads
- Armenian Genocide
- Very powerful and disturbing video.
- Best of History Web Sites - Lebanon
- Best of History Web Sites - Middle East History
- Best of History Web Sites - Post Cold War Era
- Best of History Web Sites - Terrorism and 9/11
- Bill of Rights in Action: The Rise of Islamist Terrorist Groups
- Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
- Cold War Through Desert Storm
- Conflicts in the Middle East
- Coptic Orthodox Liturgical Change and Hymnody
- Dubai Photo Gallery
- Frontline - Muslims
- Global Connection: The Middle East
- The Global War on Terrorist Finance
- The Iran Documentation Project
- Iran Naming Dispute
- Iranian Revolution on Yahoo!
- IslamiCity.com - Culture
- Islam, the Modern World, and the West
- Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith
- Jihad: The Genocide of the Armenians - Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- League of Arab States
- MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project
- Middle East
- Middle East History and Resources
- Middle East and Islamic Studies
- Middle East and Jewish Studies Internet Resources
- Middle East Resources
- The Middle East 1917 to 1973
- A New Generation of Jihad Seekers
- NPR: The Partisans of Ali - A History of Shia Faith and Politics
- Palestinian Heritage Committee
- Precarious Lebanon
- Saudi Aramco World
- Sects and Offshoots - Muslim Hope
- The September 11 Digital Archive
- Shi'a
- The Shia-Sunni Divide: Myths and Reality
- The Shi'ite Factor in Gulf Politics
- Sufism, Sufis, and Sufi Orders: Sufism's Many Paths
- TIMEasia.com - The Next Asian Journey
- Times of Trouble: Flashpoints in Modern Lebanese History
- Understanding the Middle East - US News Classroom
- US and the Middle East_ the Folly of Intervention
- Arab Israeli Conflict
- Arab-Israel Conflict in Maps
- Arabs and Palestinians in Israeli Textbooks
- Avalon Project - Hamas Covenant 1988
- BBC - History - The Hidden Story of Partition and its Legacies
- BBC - News - A History of Conflict
- Camp David Accords -- Framework for Peace
- Challenge, Intrigue, Perspective_ Process to Peace
- Children of Abraham
- CNN Specials - Mideast: Land of Conflict'
- The History Guy_ Arab-Israeli Wars
- History of the Palestine Problem
- Is Peace Out of Reach?
- Israel DBQ
- Israel exhibit
- Israel Resources
- Israeli Palestinian Conflict
- Israeli Palestinian Conflict
- Jewish Virtual Library - Homepage
- A Land Without a People for a People Without a Land
- The Mideast Conflict: A Look at the Region's History
- Mid East Forum "A Land Without a People for a People Without a Land"
- MidEast Web - Middle East Peace Process Historical Background
- NewsHour Extra: Israel-Syria Engage in New Peace Negotiations
- The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict
- Palestinian_Israeli Conflict
- Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
- Six Day War on Yahoo!
- Suez War of 1956 on Yahoo!
- USS Liberty
- al-Zawraa: Muj TV
- Animated Flash Map of Iraq War Casualties
- Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq (CASI)
- Cartoonists from Around the World on the New Iraq
- The Choices Program _ Crisis with Iraq
- CNN.com Specials - War in Iraq
- Frontline - al-Qaeda's new Front: The Salafist Movement
- Frontline - Bush's War
- Frontline - The Gulf War
- Frontline - Last Battle of the Gulf War
- Frontline - The Long Road to War
- Frontline - The Lost Year in Iraq
- Frontline - Spying on Saddam
- Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds
- Iran-Iraq War on Yahoo!
- Iraq Country Analysis Brief
- Learn About Iraq_ AFSC
- Office of the Iraq Programme Oil for Food
- Persian Gulf Fact Sheet
- The Record on CURVEBALL
- The Status of Nuclear Inspections in Iraq: An Update
- Understanding the U.S.-Iraq Crisis
- U.S. Department of State_ Iraq Country Information
- WebQuest - Perspectives on the US/Iraq Conflict
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Online
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Debunking the 9/11 Myths
- Frontline: Hunting Bin Laden
- Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Afghanistan
- Frontline: Return of the Taliban
- The History Guy_ The Afghan Civil War (1978-Present)
- The Kite Runner
- A Life Revealed
- The Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan
- National Geographic - Afghanistan: Land in Crisis
- September 11 Attacks_ Background and Aftermath
- The US and the Global Coalition Against Terrorism, Sept. 2001-Dec. 2003
- The War on Terrorism: Afghanistan and the Taliban
- Weblinks on the War in Afghanistan
- 9/11 Attacks on America
Rise of Independent Nations and Conflicts in Established Nations
General Resources
Africa
General
Apartheid in South Africa
Americas
Asia
General
Chinese Revolution and Beyond
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Europe
Balkan Crisis
Other
Middle East
General
Mrs. Ruland's US History Internet Resource — International Issues
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Iraq
Afghanistan and 9/11
Oceania
Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula Traditional Hula at 2005 Merry Monarch Competition Contemporary Hula at 2005 Merry Monarch Competition Oceania Society and Culture Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography, 1840s-1940s
Last updated September 11, 2009
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