World History
The Future Growth of the Global Muslim Population
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life published projections on Muslim growth over the next 20 years. The story includes a number of graphs and charts, some of which are interactive. The Center projects that Pakistan will replace Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population and that Nigeria will have more Muslims than Egypt.
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History Of Pakistan
History of Pakistan. This site is a brief essay on the history of the Asian nation of Pakistan. Unfortunately, it is mostly a modern history as it primarily focuses on the 20th Century. Wikipedia notes, "The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: ??????...
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The Presentation Of The Franks In Selected Muslim Sources
The Presentation of the Franks in Selected Muslim Sources - A dissertation traces the development of the attitudes of Muslims towards the Franks during the Crusades of the 12th Century.
From the site:
During the period of the Crusades a large number...
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History Of Bangladesh
History of Bangladesh. This essay presents the history of Bangladesh in a short and readable format.
From the site:
Bengal was absorbed into the Mughul Empire in the 16th century, and Dhaka, the seat of a nawab (the representative of the emperor),...
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The World's Largest Cities Over Time
Here are the world's largest cites from 4000 BCE to the present from Slate Magazine. They got the chart from Goldman Sachs who just published a report with their favorite 100 charts. This was one of them. If you go to their site here, you can...
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Visual Statistics
This site is quite possibly the coolest one I have ever seen. (Thanks to FreeTech4Teachers for the link) Gapminder has tons of statistics that you can show your students in a visual format. Rather than dry charts and graphs, your students can see...
World History