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McAleavy, Tony. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Cambridge History Program. Chatsworth, Calif.: SIGS Books & Multimedia, 1998.

Sabini, John. Islam: A Primer. 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: AMIDEAST Publications, 2001.

Waldman, Neil. The Promised Land: The Birth of the Jewish People. Honesdale, Pa.: Boyds Mills Press, 2002.

Lewis, Bernard. The Muslim Discovery of Europe. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.

Lewis, Bernard, ed. A Middle East Mosaic: Fragments of Life, Letters, and History. Modern Library Classics. New York: Princeton Review, 2001.

Halliday, Fred. Nation and Religion in the Middle East. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The CMES site offers links to maps, history, and other resource material, as well as firsthand information on current issues in the Middle East.

Historical Maps Online
This collection includes maps of Israel and the Middle East before and after the United Nations Resolution 181.

The Middle East Network Information Center
MENIC provides information on the history, culture, and religion of individual countries in the Middle East.

The Middle East Policy Council
The MEPC hosts an online forum for discussion and analysis on political, social, and economic issues in the Middle East.

Council on Islamic Education
This site offers resource material for K-12 educators and features articles on teaching Middle Eastern studies in public schools.

History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
This site provides general historical and political information on non-Western cultures.