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Afghanistan
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Afghanistan 
 Maps, photographs, and lesson plans from National Geographic. Includes an extensive bibliography of the magazine's maps and articles (with few available online) about Afghanistan, terrorist attacks, Islam, rescue work, and other topics. There is also an archived Webcast of "National Geographic Explores a Changing World," a film screening and panel discussion on the Middle East and Afghanistan after the events of September 11, 2001. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_afghanistan.html Topics: Lesson Plans, Maps, Maps by Place, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 22, 2009 Afghanistan for Kids
The authors and their children lived in Kabul between 1967 and 1969. Includes sections on counting, an "Afghan Speakeasy" with phrases in Farsi, and a collection of stories featuring Mullah Nasrudin, a favorite character in stories throughout all of the Middle East. There are also articles about food and clothing, and a photo album. Geared to grammar school-aged children. http://www.public.asu.edu/~apnilsen/afghanistan4kids/index2.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Oct 19, 2003 Afghanistan Online
News, economy, culture, geography, politics, history, and sports are among the many topics covered at this site. Special features include a collection of materials on human rights and Afghan women, a photo gallery, a collection of recipes (in culture section), and links to other Afghan resources. Searchable. http://www.afghan-web.com/index.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Apr 24, 2005 Afghanistan: Photographs from Keystone Mast
Contains 30 photographs of Afghanistan, taken in 1933. Includes text originally printed on the back of each stereo card. Features images of streets, people, homes, and landscapes. From the Keystone Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/stereo/afghan/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Afghanistan: The Harrison Forman Collection
This online exhibit of nearly 200 photographs "documents the life and culture of Afghanistan in the late 1960s, several years before the civil unrest of the 1970s and 80s, the Soviet invasion, and the Taliban rule." The collection is organized into six categories: architecture, history, land, people, settlements, and transportation. Contains an interactive map that shows images from Kabul, Hindu Kush, and Mazar-e Sharif. From The American Geographical Society Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/afghan/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated May 1, 2007 Asian Historical Architecture
Contains thousands of photographs of historical Asian architecture, browsable by country and city. Entries include images, brief descriptions, and bibliographies. http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 30, 2003 Parthian Empire
A searchable history of this ancient Persian empire. Its boundaries covered all of contemporary Iran and portions of Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Information is provided about their calendar and rulers, with a timeline of ancient world events. Also included is information about geography (many maps), art and culture, numismatics (many photos, including coins issued by Rome about Parthia). http://www.parthia.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Mar 16, 2002 Veterans History Project
This site describes a project to collect "oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and other original materials from veterans of World Wars I and II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present)." Includes guidelines for participating in the project, including tips for interviewing veterans and writing memoirs. From the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/vets/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, United States History Last updated Apr 3, 2005 |
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