The Asia Society in New York City has struck educational and cultural gold again with their inventive and insightful look into the emergence of Islam in Southeast Asia. On the homepage, visitors are treated to a moving collage of images that feature items from their collection. After watching the images cycle through for a minute, visitors should click on the "Essays" area to get started. Each essay is illuminated by a slideshow, and the topics covered here include the visual arts, religious practices, and geography. Educators will want to click on over to the "Curriculum" area which features lesson plans and activities like "Hajj and Local Indonesian Pilgrimage" and "Women, Education and the Veil in Contemporary Indonesia". The other sections of the site include "Images", "Maps", along with a glossary of relevant terms and an extended bibliography. The site is rounded out by a video of an Indonesian puppet show and a set of interactive maps that track the spread of Islam across Eurasia and maritime trade in Southeast Asia from the 12th to the 15th centuries.