Copyright law regarding World Wide Web material is in tremendous flux, so the following assumptions have been made regarding the material in this and other material mounted on this web space. A "publication" consists of a single web page, that is, each page is to be considered a publication or project separate from other pages. Any material that has been purchased as copyright cleared material should be considered as cleared for this site only. We have interpreted any copyright clearance "for educational purposes only" as cleared for any educational purpose whatsoever. Any link to copyrighted material on other sites we do not consider to be a copyright violation; we have interpreted a copyright violation to occur only when an electronic copy (on magnetic or optical media) or a hard copy is made of copyrighted material. We have endeavored, however, to obtain permission from web sources that we have linked to.
One central purpose of these Internet courses and readers is to produce an environment inducing students to do collaborative work with others outside the walls of Washington State University. As a result, we encourage people to visit, use, and download material from this site freely and without fee, as well as to participate in the student discussions. The goal I hope this encourages is to produce a richly textured and dense textbook and primary readings source across several sites and universities for the teaching of World Civilizations courses; this multiply-authored, free wealth of materials would produce an interactive classroom limited only by the size of the imagination. However, the material not in the public domain on this site is subject to all the same copyright restrictions as apply to printed works, so please read the following disclaimer.
All written material in this course is produced by Washington State University or is drawn from public domain sources; the status of translations as either public domain or as produced by WSU is indicated either in the text or in the introduction to the text. The contents in this course written or translated by WSU are copyrighted and are the intellectual property of Richard Hooker and others who have developed materials. The text contents of these pages are for not-for-profit free and liberal use and duplication in electronic or textual form by students, scholars, teachers, and the public. All I ask is that any such use name Richard Hooker and Washington State University as the original source for the material. Please contact WSU to let us know how you are using the material if you copy it electronically or otherwise. This copyright disclaimer is sufficient copyright clearance for the use and copying of this material. Commercial use or commercial publication (including university presses) of non-public domain text on this site is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from Richard Hooker and WSU.
The images contained in this course are either copyright cleared or are the property of WSU. The following is a list of all the images contained in these courses, their origin, and their copyright status. Reproduction in any form for any purpose (including downloading) of copyrighted images is not legal without the written permission of the holder of the copyright. Material in the World Civilizations Media Collection at WSU is not available to anyone outside of WSU and is not to be used for anything other than educational purposes.
Please consult this list before downloading any images:
Backgrounds
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binder1.gif," "binder2.gif" are all altered images produced by Richard Hooker using Adobe Photoshop and are permanently cleared for all non-commercial use
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border1.gif," "border2.gif," "border3.gif," "border4.gif" are all images reproduced from a single public-domain image (the four images vary only in size) scanned with Adobe Photoshop from Handbook of Renaissance Ornament: 1290 Copyright-Free Designs for Artists and Craftsmen ," by Albert Fidelis Butsch (New York: Dover Publications, 1969). Reproduced here is the copyright notice on the title page: "This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for GRAPHICS and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project."
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paper 1.gif" has been copyright-cleared for use by its creator, Derek Boonstra, the author of one of the "Top Ten Enhanced Web Sites"; "BCKGRNDS/PAPER2.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/BCKGRNDS/PAPER5.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/PAPER7.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/PAPER8.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/PAPER9.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/PAPER10.GIF" are all images derived from this original source.
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BCKGRNDS/PAPER3.GIF" and "BCKGRNDS/PAPER4.GIF" have been created by Richard Hooker on Adobe Photoshop and are permanently cleared for any non-commercial use.
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BCKGRNDS/VELLUM1.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/VELLUM2.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/VELLUM3.GIF," BCKGRNDS/VELLUM4.GIF" have all been created by Richard Hooker using Adobe Photoshop and are permanently cleared for any non-commercial use
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papyrus1.gif," "papyrus2.gif," "BCKGRNDS/PAPYRUS3.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/PAPYRUS4.GIF," "BCKGRNDS/PAPYRUS5.GIF" are all images produced by Richard Hooker using Adobe Photoshop and are permanently cleared for any non-commercial use
Images
- Buddacard
, reproduced with the permission of Peaceful Wind. All rights reserved.
- Bushido
(Bushido) is an original image created in Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photoshop 3.4. ©1996, Richard Hooker
- Cakrasamvala
, from the Rossi estate, reproduced with permission via Peaceful Wind. All rights reserved.
- Drought-Stricken Area
, by Alexandre Hogue, 1934 (The American Nation) is a copyrighted image owned by the Dallas Museum which has generously cleared their images for educational or non-profit use. Please read their introductory copyright clearance at their web gallery.
- "gilgamesh" (top graphic in
Gilgamesh) was created in Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photshop 3.0.4 by Richard Hooker. The world is Old Babylonian, and is composed of the determinative, "ilu" and the syllable "gish." ©1996, Richard Hooker, copyright-cleared for all non-profit, educational use. "irsitu" (middle graphic in Cuneiform) was created in Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photshop 3.0.4 by Richard Hooker. The world is Assyrian: "earth." ©1996, Richard Hooker, copyright-cleared for all non-profit, educational use.
- Jen
, ©1995, Richard Hooker
- Kung Fu Tzu
, ink on paper, Confucius, ©1995 Richard Hooker
- Lao Tzu
, ink on paper, Lao Tzu, ©1995 Richard Hooker
- Leonardo
, , is a copyrighted image owned by Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. and has been cleared for use on this site. Please read the Corel copyright clearance; it is assumed that this copyright clearance applies only to the purchaser and that the images are not provided on this web site for duplication, electronic or otherwise, by anyone else. Such duplication will probably constitute copyright violation.
- Leonardo da Vinci, La vierge, l'enfant Jesus et Ste. Anne,
Leonardo da Vinci, "The Painter," copyright-cleared image from Corel Professional Photos CD Rom, The Masters II . Please read the Corel copyright clearance; it is assumed that this copyright clearance applies only to the purchaser and that the images are not provided on this web site for duplication, electronic or otherwise, by anyone else. Such duplication will probably constitute copyright violation.
- "lugal" (middle graphic in
Cuneiform) was created in Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photshop 3.0.4 by Richard Hooker. The world is Sumerian: "king." ©1996, Richard Hooker, copyright-cleared for all non-profit, educational use.
- Mandala
, ©1994, The Rossi Estate; reproduced with permission via Peaceful Wind. All rights reserved.
- "ma-sa-ru" (top graphic in
Cuneiform) was created in Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photshop 3.0.4 by Richard Hooker. The word is Assyrian: "inscription." ©1996, Richard Hooker, copyright-cleared for all non-profit, educational use.
- Mesopotamian Timeline, ©Washington State University. All rights reserved
- Middle Kingdom Timeline, © Washington State University. All rights reserved
- Motoori Norinaga
(Motoori Norinaga) is an original image created in Adobe Photoshop 3.4. ©1996, Richard Hooker
- "na-ru" (middle graphic in
Cuneiform) was created in Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photshop 3.0.4 by Richard Hooker. The world is Assyrian: "inscribed stone tablet." ©1996, Richard Hooker, copyright-cleared for all non-profit, educational use.
- Oda Nobunaga (
Oda Nobunaga) is an original image created on Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photoshop 3.4. ©1996, Richard Hooker
- The Peaceable Kingdom
, by Edward Hicks (The Idea of America; The Discourse on Inequality, Part Two) is a copyrighted image owned by the Dallas Museum which has generously cleared their images for educational or non-profit use. Please read their introductory copyright clearance at their web gallery.
- Place de la Concorde
, by Piet Mondrian (Abstraction) is a copyrighted image owned by the Dallas Museum which has generously cleared their images for educational or non-profit use. Please read their introductory copyright clearance at their web gallery.
- Shu and Chung
, ©1995 Richard Hooker
- Tao
, ink on paper, Tao©1995, Richard Hooker
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (
Tokugawa Ieyasu) is an image created on Canvas 3.0 and Adobe Photoshop 3.4. ©1996, Richard Hooker
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Updated 2-11-2000