World History
- Understanding The Kurds
Here is an excellent overview of the Kurds and their plight in the Middle East from The Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). The CFR story includes excellent graphics, maps, timeline, and historic context. There are over 30 million Kurds spread throughout...
- Wwi Mandates In The Middle East
How did the modern Middle East develop? What was the mandate system established by the Versailles Treaty? These are some of the questions that NPR tackled in this 2004 broadcast, which was part of a series called The Middle East and the West....
- Visualizing How A Population Reaches 7 Billion
Cool clip from NPR showing how a planet reaches 7 billion people. Thanks to Emily Haug for tweeting the link. ...
- 40 Maps That Explain The World
These are two of the 40 maps that Max Fisher of the Washington Post compiled to help explain the world. Some of the other maps include: A political map of the world, circa 200 A.D., The countries where people are the most and least emotional, Who loves...
- History Maps Of The World App
I just found this iPhone app on maps of the world at different time periods in my daily e-mail Eschoonews. The author also has maps of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the US. Unfortunately there is no Android app at this time. If you follow this blog...
World History
Imperial History of the Middle East
I saw this on Vox, which has a great series of maps about the Middle East--40 maps that Made the Middle East. Thanks to Emily Haug for tweeting the link.
- Understanding The Kurds
Here is an excellent overview of the Kurds and their plight in the Middle East from The Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). The CFR story includes excellent graphics, maps, timeline, and historic context. There are over 30 million Kurds spread throughout...
- Wwi Mandates In The Middle East
How did the modern Middle East develop? What was the mandate system established by the Versailles Treaty? These are some of the questions that NPR tackled in this 2004 broadcast, which was part of a series called The Middle East and the West....
- Visualizing How A Population Reaches 7 Billion
Cool clip from NPR showing how a planet reaches 7 billion people. Thanks to Emily Haug for tweeting the link. ...
- 40 Maps That Explain The World
These are two of the 40 maps that Max Fisher of the Washington Post compiled to help explain the world. Some of the other maps include: A political map of the world, circa 200 A.D., The countries where people are the most and least emotional, Who loves...
- History Maps Of The World App
I just found this iPhone app on maps of the world at different time periods in my daily e-mail Eschoonews. The author also has maps of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the US. Unfortunately there is no Android app at this time. If you follow this blog...