We have received advice from the following persons in creating these courses (our thanks to everyone for their help):

• Vladimir Ilitchev, former Prefect, Kutuzovskii Raion, Moscow; Director, Accor Hotel Group, Russian Federation
• Gennady Shkliarevsky, Bard College
• Andrew Wise, Daeman College
• Bob Depczenski, emeritus professor, Northern Virginia Community College
• Alan Kimball, associate professor of history, University of Oregon
• Brian Williams, Associate Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth