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The challenges that confronted the developing empires: the Gupta Empire (320—550 AD), Tang and Song Dynasties (618—1126 AD), Byzantine Empire (330—1453 AD)

 

Human/Physical Geography, Cultural and Intellectual Life, Interdependence, Diversity

 

(INDIA/Gupta Empire)

University of Kansas' WWW-Virtual Library section on India.  Scroll down to "History," which includes links to all historical periods, and under "Ancient" see "The Guptan Empire."  Site also includes maps and information about Indian languages, culture, and religions.

http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/india/india.html

 

                Map of India's Guptan Empire:

                http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCINDIA/GUPTAMAP.HTM

 

British Museum's "Compass" on-line collection -- images and explanations of 5000 objects from early civilizations to today.  Click on "Search" and type in "Gupta":

                http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/

 

                (CHINA)

Tang (618-907 AD), and Song (960-1279) Empires:

University Website with comprehensive East Asian History resources and links (also including Japan and Korea).  For Chinese Tang and Song (or "Sung") dynasties, scroll through Contents to "Imperial China", which covers the "Sui and Tang" and "Sung" periods:

                http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html

 

U. of Maryland Site on China History.  Click on "The Imperial Era" and then "Restoration of Empire" on front page Table of Contents, for maps and description of these periods:

                http://fractal.umd.edu/history/toc.html

 

British Museum's "Compass" on-line collection -- images and explanations of 5000 objects from early civilizations to today, click on "Search" and type "Tang China" or "Song China":

                http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/

 

University of Southern California site provides detailed overviews of Tang and Song Dynasties, as well as other periods from the dawn of history through 1644 AD, with maps and images (scroll down about halfway on page and select from subheadings, which include pictures and maps.

                http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/libraries/eastasian/china/toqing.html

 

                (BYZANTINE Empire): 

 WWL-Virtual Library: History:  Comprehensive internet network providing links to vast web resources on world history, alphabetically by country or region, by era or epoch (time period) from ancient times to the Twentieth Century, and by historical topics (e.g., "Byzantine Empire"): http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/

 

 

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