Internet Women's History Sourcebook Halsall Home | Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook | Modern History Sourcebook Other History Sourcebooks: African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | LGBT | Global | Science "Yes, I am fond of history." "I wish I were too. I read it a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. How are historians to remedy the silence about women in many traditional accounts of history? The first solution was to locate the great women of the past, following the lead of much popular historiography that focuses on "great men". The next solution was to examine and expose the history of oppression of women. In recent years, while not denying the history of oppression, historians have begun to focus on the agency of women . These various approaches to the history of women are not exclusive. This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online Sourcebooks listed below. Link to a secondary article, review or discussion on a given topic.
History - British History in depth: London: 'A Modern Babylon' American Treasures of the Library of Congress The American Treasures Gallery closed in August 2007. The online exhibition will remain a permanent fixture of the Library’s Website. Of the more than 130 million items in the Library of Congress, which are considered “treasures”? Of course Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence is a treasure, not only because of its association with Jefferson but also because of what it reveals about how one of the founding documents of America was written and rewritten and finally agreed upon by dozens of men in the midst of a political crisis. But what about Jelly Roll Morton’s early compositions? Thomas Jefferson, whose personal library became the core of the Library of Congress, arranged his books into three types of knowledge, corresponding to Francis Bacon’s three faculties of the mind: Memory (History), Reason (Philosophy), and Imagination (Fine Arts).
PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Halsall Home | Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook | Modern History Sourcebook Other History Sourcebooks: African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Byzantine P eople w ith a H istory An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History Site Maintainer: Paul Halsall ©1997-1998 CLASSICAL : MIDI: Butch MIDI: Mascara MIDI: Death Climax HOLLYWOOD : MIDI: Rainbow MIDI: Cabaret MIDI: Arabia DISCO: MIDI: Young Man MIDI: Gloria MIDI: Survivor Play any of the above for appropriate music for browsing! [Jump Directly to Contents ] Introduction P eople w ith a H istory presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people [=LGBT]. Browse the Contents guide below to access a series of large index pages which will then link you directly to the texts and images that interest you. If you want to learn more about the goals behind this site, see the introductory chapters Introductory Chapter and if you wish to get straight (!)
Who wrote first? But did writing really originate on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? Not according to archeologist Günter Dreyer, director of the German Institute of Archaeology in Cairo. If he's right, the Earth-shattering invention occurred on the banks of the Nile. In a December press release that was picked up by many wire services, Dreyer said he'd found writing on a group of small bone or ivory labels dating from 3,300 to 3,200 BC. The labels were attached to bags of linen and oil in the tomb of King Scorpion I in Egypt. Like the symbolic systems of pictographs that preceded writing, the inscriptions contained symbols. Thus a pictograph of an eye might stand for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But Dreyer maintains that the labels he's studied carry inscriptions with phonetic significance. And if he's right, they are the earliest known writing. Almost.
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook There is no way of avoiding the fact that China is the central culture of Eastern Asia. Massively larger than any of her neighbors, China may have developed its cultural forms in relative isolation, but since the advent of Buddhism has both absorbed outside influences and disseminated its own culture. Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures are not comprehensible without taking into account power of Chinese culture in art, literature and religion. Chinese culture itself is highly complex, and the other East Asian cultures also reflect local circumstances and traditions. See my Brooklyn College: Chinese Cultural Studies class page. This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online Sourcebooks listed below, along with added texts and web site indicators. General The Korean War Cambodia Constitution, 1993 [At Cambodian Parliament.org] Tibet Constitution 1991 [At ICL] This is the constitution of the "government in exile". Mongolia Constitution, 1992 [At ICL] U.S. John W. E-Texts
The Sun Never Set on the British Empire Some chronicler, speaking of Asia, asserted that one man ruled as much land as the sun passed, and his statement was not true because he placed all Africa and Europe outside the limits where the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. It has now however turned out to be true. Your possession is equal to what the sun can pass, and the sun passes over your land. Aelius Aristides, , "To Rome," 143 AD, The Ruling Power: A Study of the Roman Empire in the Second Century After Christ Through the Roman Oration of Aelius Aristides, James H. Anonymous Student In large bodies, the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities... In the animated GIF file above, not all British possessions of 1937 are represented, only select ones for each of the 24 time zones of the Earth. or Northern Ireland in 1937). , or . The "British Empire" usually means, however, not something in relation to the Empire of India, but the whole of British colonial possessions spread around the world.
Internet African History Sourcebook © This text is copyright. The specific electronic form, and any notes and questions are copyright. Permission is granted to copy the text, and to print out copies for personal and educational use. If any copyright has been infringed, this was unintentional. chine ancienne, chine antique, civilisation chinoise: La Chine ancienne. La civilisation chinoise ancienne, Par l’adéquation entre le projet d’études de l’UPF et notre projet de publication. Cartes, photos de paysages, d’objet d’art, dessins, tableaux historiques, extraits de textes, description de fouilles archéologiques, et tout cela dans une quantité phénoménale, tout ou presque est illustration des textes publiés sur les Classiques, tout justifierait un lien des notes de nos auteurs vers ce site. Ces liens, nous les avions faits l’an passé, au début de notre travail sur la collection Chine. Au fait, vous l’avons-nous dit ?
Internet Indian History Sourcebook Women Homosexuality: General It has proved to be extraordinarily difficult to find much information about South Asian homosexuality. Hindu Ramakrishnan: "Bisexuality: identities, behaviors, and politics" , Trikone April 1996 [At Internet Archive, from U Texas] Vatsyayana: Kama Sutra , Part 2. The Vinaya [Buddhist Monastic Precepts] WEB Shri Krishna as Kali and Lalita [At Shivashakti] Although the sexual relationships of Indian gods often follow heterosexual expectations, the individual God/dess may change form and be incarnate as another. WEB Tantrik Links [At Shivashakti] Tantricism was the "short path" to Enlightenment in Hinduism and Buddhism. Muslim 2ND Richard Burton: Terminal Essay , from his edition of the Arabian Nights . Further Resources on Indian History As in a number of other historical areas, a real problem with much of the online material on South Asian history is that it is presented with manifest nationalist (or other ideological bias). © This text is copyright.