Asian History

700+ images from late-19th and early-20th century trade cards and illustrated European newspapers of East Asia, South Asia and Africa

Innovative use of images dealing with Chinese and Japanese history; units include Shiseido adverstising, Opium War, travel images of Japan, drawings and painting of atomic bomb survivors

Over 20,000 images of artifacts and manuscripts from the Silk Road dating from 100 BCE to CD 1200

An initiative of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University, Asia for Educators (AFE) is designed to serve faculty and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature at the undergraduate and pre-college levels.

A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented for educational use.

Small collections (5 to 30) of declassified U.S. government documents related to events in East Asia