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Book Voyage en Syrie Et en E  gypte Pendant Les Anne  es 1783  1784 Et 1785

Download or read book Voyage en Syrie Et en E gypte Pendant Les Anne es 1783 1784 Et 1785 written by Constantin-François Volney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1787 two-volume revised French second edition gives an important account of travels in Ottoman Egypt and the Syrian region.

Book Christian Muslim Relations  A Bibliographical History Volume 21  South western Europe  1800 1914

Download or read book Christian Muslim Relations A Bibliographical History Volume 21 South western Europe 1800 1914 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 21 (CMR 21), covering South-western Europe in the period 1800-1914, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and the main body of detailed entries. These treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. They provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous new and established scholars, CMR 21, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a fundamental tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Ines Aščerić-Todd, Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Lejla Demiri, Martha T. Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan M. Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Arely Medina, Diego Melo Carrasco, Alain Messaoudi, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Cornelia Soldat, Charles Tieszen, Carsten Walbiner, Catherina Wenzel.

Book The Pasha s Bedouin

Download or read book The Pasha s Bedouin written by Reuven Aharoni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a new perspective on tribal life in Egypt under Mehmet Ali's rule, this book looks at the social and conceptual aspects of the Bedouin tribes during this period.

Book Religion and the Post revolutionary Mind

Download or read book Religion and the Post revolutionary Mind written by Arthur McCalla and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Revolution swept away the Old Regime along with many of its ideas about epistemology, history, society, and politics. In the intellectual ferment that followed, debates about religion figured prominently as diverse thinkers grappled with the philosophical and civil status of religion in a post-revolutionary age. Arthur McCalla demonstrates the central place of religion in the intellectual life of post-revolutionary France in Religion and the Post-revolutionary Mind. Certain questions – What is the nature of religion? Does society rest on religious foundations? What ought to be the place of religion in society? – drew sustained attention from across the political spectrum. Idéologues viewed religion as error and sought to eradicate it through the promotion of secular values. Catholic Traditionalists understood religion as a body of revealed truths of supernatural origin that ought to be authoritative in all aspects of life. Liberals sought to replace Christian orthodoxy with a new public faith consonant with liberal values. But these blocs were not monolithic, and McCalla reveals the complexities of each one, as well as the dialogues and rivalries among them. The categories established by the concepts of religion these thinkers constructed continue to shape debates over liberationist critiques, liberal pluralism, laïcité, and political theology. The place of religion in civil society is again a matter of urgent debate. Religion and the Post-revolutionary Mind provides essential historical context for thinking about the status of religion in the contemporary world.

Book An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere

Download or read book An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere written by John Hawkesworth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1773 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestseller in its day, this three-volume work vividly recounts significant voyages made by Britain's leading navigators. A prominent figure in London cultural life, John Hawkesworth (c.1720-73) was commissioned by the Admiralty to compile, from the captains' journals, the official record of voyages which included James Cook's first journey to the South Pacific. Reissued here is the Dublin edition based on the first printing of 1773; a second edition appeared later in the year. Critical opinion was fierce, however, with Hawkesworth accused of impiety, manipulating the original texts and promoting the sexual freedoms of Pacific islanders. Devastated by these attacks, he died the same year. Later taken aboard the Beagle with Darwin, the work still speaks to scholars and students of nautical exploration. Volume 1 includes accounts of voyages by John Byron, Philip Carteret and Samuel Wallis - notably the latter's discovery of Tahiti.--

Book Catalogue of the Library of Congress

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 1288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wonderful Things

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jason Thompson
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9774165993
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book Wonderful Things written by Jason Thompson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew, and made a lost civilization comprehensible to generations of enchanted readers and viewers thousands of years later.

Book Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis  A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Collected with a View of the General Comparison of Languages  and to the Study of Oriental Literature  by William Marsden  F  R  S   c

Download or read book Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Collected with a View of the General Comparison of Languages and to the Study of Oriental Literature by William Marsden F R S c written by Bibliotheca Marsdeniana and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis

Download or read book Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis written by William Marsden and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Nile Delta

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  • Author : Katherine Blouin
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2024-02-14
  • ISBN : 1009188496
  • Pages : 676 pages

Download or read book The Nile Delta written by Katherine Blouin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume on the history of the Nile Delta to cover the c.7000 years from the Predynastic period to the twentieth century. It offers a multidisciplinary approach engaging with varied aspects of the region's long, complex, yet still underappreciated history. Readers will learn of the history of settlement, agriculture and the management of water resources at different periods and in different places, as well as the naming and mapping of the Delta and the roles played by tourism and archaeology. The wide range of backgrounds of the contributors and the broad panoply of methodological and conceptual practices deployed enable new spaces to be opened up for conversations and cross-fertilization across disciplinary and chronological boundaries. The result is a potent tribute to the historical significance of this region and the instrumental role it has played in the shaping of past, present and future Afro-Eurasian worlds.

Book Catalogue of     the Libraries of James the Second Duke of Queensberry  and the Late A G  Hunter

Download or read book Catalogue of the Libraries of James the Second Duke of Queensberry and the Late A G Hunter written by James Douglas Duke of Queensberry and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of Books

Download or read book A Catalogue of Books written by John Ramsay McCulloch and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Paul of Aleppo s Journal  Volume 1

Download or read book Paul of Aleppo s Journal Volume 1 written by Ioana Feodorov and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul of Aleppo, an archdeacon of the Church of Antioch, journeyed with his father Patriarch Makarios III ibn al-Za'im to Constantinople, Moldavia, Wallachia and the Cossack's lands in 1652-1654, before heading for Moscow. This book presents his travel notes, preceded by his record of the patriarchs of the Church of Antioch and the story of his father's office as a bishop and election to the patriarchal seat. The author gives detailed information on the contemporary events in Ottoman Syria and provides rich and diverse information on the history, culture, and religious life of all the lands he travelled across.

Book Plundered Empire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Greenhalgh
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2019-07-01
  • ISBN : 900440547X
  • Pages : 696 pages

Download or read book Plundered Empire written by Michael Greenhalgh and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on the sometimes Greek but largely Roman survivals many travellers set out to see and perhaps possess throughout the immense Ottoman Empire, on what were eastward and southward extensions of the Grand Tour. Europeans were curious about the Empire, Christianity’s great rival for centuries, and plenty of information on its antiquities was available, offered here via lengthy quotations. Most accounts of the history of collecting and museums concentrate on the European end. Plundered Empire details how and where antiquities were sought, uncovered, bartered, paid for or stolen, and any tribulations in getting them home. The book provides evidence for the continuing debate about the ethics of museum collections, with 19th century international competition the spur to spectacular acquisitions.

Book Tourism in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Download or read book Tourism in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries written by Martino Lorenzo Fagnani and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the roots of one of the main human activities that can be developed in natural and agricultural ecosystems: tourism. Attention to natural and agricultural ecosystems and their conservation has intensified in recent decades, responding to increasing social sensitivity to the environment, as also witnessed by Agenda 2030. The book explores the development of tourism in natural and agricultural ecosystems in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when some of its essential features derived from the practices of exploration, scientific study, business, healing practices, and also a desire for personal growth. This research is intended to open up international scholarly debate and discussion and draw in contributions from all disciplines and geographical areas. In addition, it intends to add an important piece to the mosaic of international literature that has rarely considered the origins of nature and rural tourism in an array of practices not always embodying a stated intent of recreation. This book is based on handwritten documents and travelogues circulating during the period in question. Most of the travel experiences analyzed regard men and women of European descent, but their travels were global, with ecosystems considered on all populated continents. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars alike interested in tourism history and the history of science and travel.

Book The Epoch of Universalism 1769   1989   L     poque de l   universalisme 1769   1989

Download or read book The Epoch of Universalism 1769 1989 L poque de l universalisme 1769 1989 written by Franck Hofmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 witnessed the 30th anniversary of the German reunification. But the remembrance of the fall of the Berlin Wall coincided with another event of global importance that caught much less attention: the 250th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s birth. There is an undeniable historical and philosophical dimension to this coincidence. Napoleon’s appearance on the scene of world history seems to embody European universalism (soon thereafter in the form of a ‘modern’ imperial project); whilst scholars such as Francis Fukuyama saw in the events of 1989 its historical fulfilment. Today, we see more clearly that the fall of the Berlin Wall stands for an epistemic earthquake, which generated a world that can no longer be grasped through universal concepts. Here, we deal with the idea of Europe and of its relation to the world itself. Picking up on this contingency of world history with an ironic wink, the volume analyses in retrospect the epoch of European universalism. It focusses on its dialectics, polemically addressing and remembering both 1769 and 1989. L’année 2019 a été marquée par le 30e anniversaire de la réunification de l’Allemagne, éclipsant un autre événement d’envergure mondiale : le 250e anniversaire de Napoléon Bonaparte. La dimension philosophico-historique de cette coïncidence ne peut pourtant pas être négligée : si l’arrivée de Bonaparte sur la scène de l’histoire mondiale semble incarner l’avènement de l’universalisme européen (bientôt amené à prendre sa forme « moderne » et impériale), certains penseurs ont suggéré, avec Francis Fukuyama, que « 1989 » marquait son accomplissement historique. Aujourd’hui, il apparaît au contraire que la chute du mur de Berlin a été un véritable tremblement de terre épistémique, et rendu inopérants les concepts universels. Dans le monde d’après, c’est à l’idée d’Europe et à sa relation au monde que nous avons affaire. Revenant par un geste ironique sur cette contingence historique, le présent volume se veut une analyse rétrospective de l’époque de l’universalisme, dans toute la dialectique que les commémorations de 1769/1989 ont fait surgir.