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Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: The Daily Alert
Daily news digest of political and religious events and issues affecting Israel and world Jewry.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Confucianism
This site from Britannica.com contains a lengthy discussion of Confucianism, Confucius, and the ideas behind the philosophy/religion and its influence on Chinese history.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Benito Mussolini What Is Fascism
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides the text of Mussolini's definition of fascism which he wrote for the Italian Encyclopedia.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Enlightenment Philosophers and American Government
[Free Registration/Login Required] The lesson is designed to review the main thoughts and ideas of the Enlightenment philosophers and how their ideas contributed to the American governmental system.
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Brandeis University: Author Biographies: Niccolo (Di Bernardo) Machiavelli
A detailed biography of Machiavelli, including discussions of his major works and his ideas about the nature of political power, prepared for a university-level philosophy course.
US National Archives
Herbert Hoover Library: The Eagle and the Dragon
Learn about the history of China: their beliefs, arts, philosophies, medicine, and political evolution.
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John Carrol University: Harlem Renaissance Multimedia Resource
This site about the Harlem Renaissance includes audio and video files. A great resource that discusses many aspects of the Harlem Renaissance including African American education, politics, literature, and philosophy.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: From Bullets to Ballots Chapter 5
Alexander Hamilton's influences in politics among citizens seemed to create frustration with those who agreed with the philosophies of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Republicans begin organizing themselves.
Learn Out Loud
Learn Out Loud: Free Audios and Videos
Over 3000 free audio and video texts are available in the following categories: Arts and Entertainment, Biography, Business, Education and Professional, History, Languages, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Religion and Spirituality,...
US National Archives
Hoover Online: Hoover and the Depression
This site provides 440 historical documents (including cartoons, clippings, messages to Congress, political broadcasts, and writings and letters) pertaining to President Hoover and the Depression. Explore these documents through the main...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Justice
Examining theories for a just society including Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, and Egalitarian Libertarianism, could gain from utilizing this enlightening resource.
PBS
Pbs: Geography of Music the World in the Age of Revolutions
This interactive map helps illuminate the relationships among the various composers as well as connections between music and its historical and cultural context. It also illustrates the importance of the physical and cultural...
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Lund University Libraries: Directory of Open Access Journals
Open access journals are offered in all scholarly and scientific disciplines such as Biology and Life Sciences, History and Archaeology, and Physics and Astronomy. Site offers a search for new titles as well as archived journals....
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China Knowledge: Song Dynasty
Comprehensive article that covers the Song Dynasty. Extremely informative and interesting.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Hypatia of Alexandria
The University of St Andrews gives a vivid biography of Hypatia and her influence in ancient mathematics, neoplatonic philosophy, and Alexandrian politics. Includes links to related biographies and topics.
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxist.org: Biography of G. W. F. Hegel
A lengthly biography of German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. A supplement to the biography available at Hegel.net.
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International Gramsci Society: An Introduction to the Life of Gramsci
A good summary of the life of Antonio Gramsci, a well known Italian writer, politician and radical theorist, he was thrown in prison by Mussolini where he died in 1937.
Oregon State University
A Brief Life of Thomas Hobbes, 1588 1679
This article surveys the life and work of the English philosopher John Hobbes (1588-1679).
Stanford University
Soren Kierkegaard
This site provides very in-depth information about the life and works of the existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. Toward the bottom of the page is a chronological timeline of his life, as well as a bibliography and list of other...
University of Maryland
Umd: The Imperial Era Ii the Song Dynasty
This site features a brief article about the foundation of the Song Dynasty.
Curated OER
University of St Andrews: Hypatia of Alexandria
The University of St Andrews gives a vivid biography of Hypatia and her influence in ancient mathematics, neoplatonic philosophy, and Alexandrian politics. Includes links to related biographies and topics.