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History: Zimbabwe

May include timelines, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, auxiliary studies (e.g. stamps and coins).

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Catholic Hierarchy: Country List (http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/)
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses.

Dzimba Dzemabwe (Houses Of Stone) (http://dzimbabwe.members.easyspace.com/)
"An insight into inspiring Zimbabwean architecture..." Covers the history of Great Zimbabwe, includes photographs, historic buildings, public structures, contemporary buildings, natural architecture. Has a directory of architects in Zimbabwe.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Foreign relations of the United States (http://www.state.gov/www/about%5Fstate/history/)
Site is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to Jan 2001. Provides full text primary documentary history of US foreign policy, which includes: Foreign relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Volume 24, Africa. Editors, Nina Davis Howland, David S. Patterson. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Historian, U.S. Dept. of State, 1999.

Jews of Africa (http://www.mindspring.com/%7Ejaypsand/index.htm)
History, culture, photo gallery of Jewish communities in Uganda, Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sao Tome, Cape Verde, Morocco, and Tunisia.

MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
"Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images, maps, and news updates." Search e-library for periodical articles.

United States. Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.

World History Archive (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/)
Provides documents on the teaching and learning of world history from a non-Eurocentric perspective.

World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
"World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries.

Zim Today (http://www.zimtoday.com/)
Current news (from Telegraph [UK], BBC, Zim Today staff), political reports, chat on issues (land, corruption, Congo war, economic crisis, human rights, AIDS, etc.) full text of the Impeachment Articles Against Mugabe, full text of the Report on the 1980s Disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands. (Compiled by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, March 1997).

Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC) (http://www.zcbc.co.zw/index.htm)
Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference of the Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace. Formed in 1972, by the National Catholic Bishop's Conference. Provides history, diocese directory, bishop statements, news releases, selected articles from their publication, Catholic Church News. Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace)

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