[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the similarities and differences between California and ancient Mesopotamia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over ancient Mesopotamia. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

A comprehensive, bilingual website about various aspects of Chinese culture, including folk custom, arts and crafts, food and drinks, costumes, scripts and calligraphy, performing arts, ethnic groups, etc.

Good overview of Marco Polo and his travels in China.

Learn about the culture of the Kyrgyz people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Learn about the culture of the Kalmyk people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Illustration of a wolf.

InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief history of the Russian people. Click on the hyper-links at bottom of page to go to the different sections of the history.

This site from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts provides a full color map that details the expanse of the Yuan Dynasty from 1280 - 1365 A.D.

Because archaeologists cannot take home all the objects they unearth, they must make detailed, accurate drawings of their finds, so that these artifacts can be studied in the future.

A short introduction to the ancient Near East, followed by sections providing an in-depth coverage. Includes links to additional information.

Example of cylinder seal and the impression it made. Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4100 BC-3000 BC, (Musee du Louvre, Paris)

Kids learn about the history of Ancient Mesopotamia. The cradle of civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Information about the early history of Japan written for the English-reading public by an Irish-born teacher of English now living in Japan. In several short paragraphs, you can read about the principal leaders and achievements of...

Timeline of the major events of the Christian crusades from 1095 to 1291 A.D.

A fun word search game with history terms about Ancient Mesopotamia. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.

Print out a crossword puzzle game about Mesopotamia. Test your knowledge of Mesopotamia with this puzzle.

Timeline of Turkish relations with Abbasids.

North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256. Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique...

The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qabus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cultural exchange between Central Asian nomads and the...

The archaeological site of Takht-e Soleyman, in north-western Iran, is situated in a valley set in a volcanic mountain region. The site includes the principal Zoroastrian sanctuary partly rebuilt in the Ilkhanid (Mongol) period (13th...