Arab world reference materials

General

• Arab culture and civilization resources from NITLE (see esp. pages on performing arts)
• UNESCO - Arabia Plan

Language

• Many languages are spoken in the Arab world, not just Arabic...in multiple families:
  • Afro-Asiatic (includes Amazighiya (Berber) as well as Semitic languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic)
  • Indo-European (includes Persian, Sanskrit, English, French!)
  • Turkic (includes Turkic languages)
• Arabic
  • Arabic, its varieties and enclosing language families:
  • Countries where Arabic is an official language

Timelines

• Chronologies for Middle East and Africa and Islamic civilizations:
  • A timeline of the Arab World
  • Middle East and West Asia Chronologies
  • Africa Chronologies
  • Timeline of Islamic history

Databases

• Library databases for Islamic civilization (type "Islam" in the search box and hit enter), especially:
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam
  • Index Islamicus
  • Oxford Islamic Studies Online
• Library databases for Middle Eastern and African Studies

Images

• Images - University of Chicago
• Aramco World image database

Travel

• Travelers in the Middle East

Maps (and map quizzes)

Arab League quiz

Middle East and North Africa map quiz

Middle East capitals quiz

Quizzes for geography of Middle East and North Africa

Historic 19th century maps

Middle East and North Africa map

another Middle East and North Africa map

Maps of the Middle East

Maps of North Africa

Map collection at Columbia University

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection University of Texas, Austin