Friday, February 7, 2014

Friday's Links to the Past - 7 Feb '14

Happy Friday!! 
Old photo - NOT mine

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BBC History Podcast: 
Richard Sanders considers how Europe's monarchs ended up on opposing sides in the First World War, while Eugene Byrne explores the talents of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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What the American Historical Association is reading this week:

Today’s What We’re Reading features the growing backlash against @HistoryInPics, the long reach of David Brion Davis, a consumer’s guide to graduate school, creepy medical photos from the past, and much more!
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Ancient Maps! 
All Layers
Example Map Image from http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/tiles/


The Ancient World Mapping Center or  AWMC has announced the release of a series of geographically accurate map tiles that are available to the public and can be used in mapping applications or GIS software.

Offering the first (and at the time of this writing, only) geographically accurate base map of the ancient world, the AWMC tiles conform to the broad periodization presented in the Barrington Atlas, with different selectable water levels for the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Late AntiquePeriods. In addition, we also model inland water, rivers, and other geographical features as they appeared in antiquity. The base tiles are culturally agnostic, allowing them to be used to represent the physical environment of nearly any ancient society in the Mediterranean world. In addition to the base map and geographical tiles we also present the Roman road network, generally following the Barrington Atlas with additional work by the AWMC. Like all of our other electronic offerings, these tiles are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) license and remain absolutely free for personal, academic, and non-commercial use. For detailed information on how to use these tiles in an application, please visit: http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/tiles/map-tile-information

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Loebs!! (Image not mine)

For those of you who study Latin or Ancient Greek, you are probably very familiar with these little red and greek books.  The Loeb Classical Library has volumes that have the ancient text with an English translation side-by-side. 
Earlier this week, Loeb announced that in the fall of this year they will be joining the digital age. Yay!





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BBC has been doing a 20 part radio program on the Golden Age of Islam which began back at the end of November. Below is the full listing of the programs copied from the BBC Radio 3 The Essay


    1. The Islamic Golden Age

      Series rediscovering some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age
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      1. Episode 19

        19/20 Narguess Farzad celebrates the much loved 13th-century Persian poet Al-Rumi.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 14 Feb 2014
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      2. Salah al-Din

        18/20 Professor Jonathan Phillips on the 12th-century hero Saladin.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 13 Feb 2014
        Image for Salah al-DinThis episode will be available soon

      3. Cities of Learning

        17/20 Dr Amira Bennison considers the intellectual powerhouses of Baghdad and Cairo.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 12 Feb 2014
        Image for Cities of LearningThis episode will be available soon

      4. Ibn Rushd

        16/20 Professor Charles Burnett considers the philosopher Ibn Rushd.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 11 Feb 2014
        Image for Ibn RushdThis episode will be available soon

      5. Al-Ghazali

        15/20 Portraits of vivid people and events from the Islamic Golden Age: Al-Ghazali.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 10 Feb 2014
        Image for Al-GhazaliThis episode will be available soon

      6. Al Hakim

        14/20 Dr Simonetta Calderini discusses Al Hakim, the controversial Egyptian imam-caliph.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 07 Feb 2014
        Image for Al HakimThis episode will be available soon

      7. Al-Biruni

        13/20 Professor James Montgomery discusses the Islamic scholar Al-Biruni.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 06 Feb 2014
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      8. Islamic Architecture

        12/20 Dr Sussan Babaie discusses the architectural glories of the Islamic world.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 05 Feb 2014
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      9. Avicenna

        11/20 Dr Tony Street assesses the great philosopher and physician Avicenna.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 03 Feb 2014
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      10. Al-Farabi

        10/20 Professor Peter Adamson discusses the great Muslim philosopher Al-Farabi.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 06 Dec 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      11. Al-Tabari

        9/20 Hugh Kennedy discusses the life and times of the great historian of early Islam Al-Tabari.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 04 Feb 2014
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      12. Al-Kindi

        8/20 Professor James Montgomery discusses the life and work of Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 04 Dec 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      13. Al-Khwarizmi

        7/20 Jim Al-Khalili explores the legacy of mathematician and astronomer Al-Khwarizmi.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 03 Dec 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      14. Rabia Balkhi and Mahsati Ganjavi

        6/20 Narguess Farzad of SOAS discusses Persian poetesses Rabia Balkhi and Mahsati Ganjavi.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 02 Dec 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      15. Harun al-Rashid

        5/20 Julia Bray explores the figure of Harun al-Rashi from the Thousand and One Night tales.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 29 Nov 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      16. Paper

        4/20 Jonathan Bloom explains how Islamic scholars and thinkers became early adopters of paper.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 28 Nov 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      17. Imam Bukhari

        3/20 Baroness Sayeeda Warsi gives her personal take on Persian scholar Imam Bukhari.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 27 Nov 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      18. Ali b.Abi Talib and the Origins of Shi'ism

        2/20 Professor Robert Gleave discusses Ali b.Abi Talib and the origins of Shia Islam.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 26 Nov 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN

      19. The Establishment of the Islamic State

        1/20 Professor Hugh Kennedy explains how the Islamic state was established.
        FIRST BROADCAST: 25 Nov 2013
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        OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN


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