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HIST 1003: World History to 1600: Web sites

This guide is designed to help you find resources for your collaborative group project on The Silk Road

Web sites

Explore the following links to find additional information, images, and maps.  When using free internet sources, remember to evaluate them before including them as a resource in your assignment.


Ancient History Encyclopediahttp://www.ancient.eu/Silk_Road/

Asia for Educatorshttp://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/silk_road.htm

British Library - International Dunghuang Project - http://idp.bl.uk/pages/education_students.a4d

Buddhism and its Spread Along the Silk Roadhttp://www.silk-road.com/artl/buddhism.shtml

ECAI Silk Road Atlas, UC Berkley - http://ecai.org/silkroad/index.html

Silk Road Foundation - http://www.silk-road.com/toc/index.html

Silk Road Narrativeshttp://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/texts.html

Silk Road Seattle, University of Washington - http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/

The Silk Road, Oliver Wild (UC Irvine) - http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html

UNESCO Silk Road Database -  http://en.unesco.org/silkroad/

Yale Silk Road Database - http://web.library.yale.edu/digital-collections/yale-silk-road

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