Download or read book The Geography of the Middle East written by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the Middle East is in a continuing state of visible, often revolutionary, change in almost every field--social, cultural, economic, political. Although time will have greatly modified the conditions here presented, the author emphasizes those aspects which, being the least ephemeral, were likely to remain valid for some years and indicates the areas in which the most change can be expected. Therefore, in evaluating any change that has occurred, the reader will at least be informed of the conditions out of which--or because of which--such an event occurred. In some cases Longrigg passes over important aspects of the Middle Eastern region and its component countries, almost or entirely in silence: among such aspects being those of military resources, prominent personalities, constitutional or legal issues, budgets and balances of trade. And even on matters upon which he has said something fairly specific--topography, races and languages, religions, climates, natural resources and agronomy, industry, communications--there may be too little detailed information to satisfy a reader desirous of a full picture of a given aspect of things in this or that territory. For most of such detail, and not less for an appreciation which may be widely different from the author's, the student can very easily look elsewhere: the literature of these countries is abundant and accessible. Longrigg's attempt has been to offer an objective but informed account of the different nationalities and social forces found in Middle Eastern environments, urban and rural, in terms of the particular circumstances, problems and hopes of the dozen separate and more or less divided states of the region. The non-specialist reader may from all this learn something true and perhaps suggestive, while the expert may find not too much to offend him.
Download or read book The Geography Behind History written by William Gordon East and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1965 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Professor East discusses the vital relationship between history and geographical conditions. Drawing examples from ancient times up to the present, he demonstrates that a study of history must include consideration of the physical conditions under which an event occurs, and that "the particular characteristics of this setting serve not only to localise but also to influence part at least of the action." Topographical position, climate, distribution of water and minerals, the placement of routes and towns, and ease or difficulty of movement between districts and countries are among the factors which the historian must take into account. Book jacket.
Download or read book A Word Geography of the Eastern United States written by Hans Kurath and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This pioneering book is the first systematic geographical treatment of American vocabulary. Hans Kurath identifies the major dialect areas of the Eastern United States, cites key words which characterize each region, and discusses the historical significance of regional speech patterns. A Word Geography of the Eastern United States is a unique and original study of the American language. It is invaluable not only for linguists but also for historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and the general reader interested in why people talk as they do." --
Download or read book On the Ancient Geography of Central and Eastern Asia with illustrations derived from recent discoveries in the North of India From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh etc written by Hugh Murray and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY PRODUCT ID 23958336 written by CAITLIN. FINLAYSON and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Geography and the Changing Middle East written by Geoffrey Kemp and published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This book was released on 1997 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breakup of the Soviet Union and the growing links between the new Muslim republics and the Middle East have resulted in new strategic dynamics which have far-reaching implications for the US and other major powers. Featuring extensive maps, this book examines the importance of the new geography and how it affects traditional regional conflicts and the search for their peaceful settlement.
Download or read book Geography Religion Gods and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean written by Erica Ferg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geography, Religion, Gods, and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean explores the influence of geography on religion and highlights a largely unknown story of religious history in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the Levant, agricultural communities of Jews, Christians, and Muslims jointly venerated and largely shared three important saints or holy figures: Jewish Elijah, Christian St. George, and Muslim al-Khiḍr. These figures share ‘peculiar’ characteristics, such as associations with rain, greenness, fertility, and storms. Only in the Eastern Mediterranean are Elijah, St. George, and al-Khiḍr shared between religious communities, or characterized by these same agricultural attributes – attributes that also were shared by regional religious figures from earlier time periods, such as the ancient Near Eastern Storm-god Baal-Hadad, and Levantine Zeus. This book tells the story of how that came to be, and suggests that the figures share specific characteristics, over a very long period of time, because these motifs were shaped by the geography of the region. Ultimately, this book suggests that regional geography has influenced regional religion; that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are not, historically or textually speaking, separate religious traditions (even if Jews, Christians, and Muslims are members of distinct religious communities); and that shared religious practices between members of these and other local religious communities are not unusual. Instead, shared practices arose out of a common geographical environment and an interconnected religious heritage, and are a natural historical feature of religion in the Eastern Mediterranean. This volume will be of interest to students of ancient Near Eastern religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, sainthood, agricultural communities in the ancient Near East, Middle Eastern religious and cultural history, and the relationships between geography and religion.
Download or read book Western Hemisphere written by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2002 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eastern Europe written by David Turnock and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study shows the developing geography of the area between 1815 and 1945, the effect of political pressure on that geography, and also the transformation wrought by transport upon patterns of settlement on the region.
Download or read book Eastern Geography written by Augustus Henry Keane and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medi val Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources written by E. Bretschneider and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eastern Hemisphere written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Middle East written by William Bayne Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Biblical Cyclopaedia Or Dictionary of Eastern Antiquities Geography Natural History Sacred Annals and Biography Theology and Biblical Literature Illustrative of the Old and New Testaments written by John Eadie and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geography of East and Southeast Asia written by Sarah Machajewski and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built by humans, crossing mountains and rivers. It is a lasting symbol of the ways the human and physical geographic features of East and Southeast Asia come together. From the bustling city of Hong Kong to the island nations of Singapore and Malaysia, readers will discover how people have impacted the land, and how the land has affected the people who live there. This volume includes fact boxes, maps, and breath-taking photographs to further convey the physical and human geographic features of East and Southeast Asia.
Download or read book The Geography of Thought written by Richard Nisbett and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment...and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China, and that have survived into the modern world. As a result, East Asian thought is "holistic" - drawn to the perceptual field as a whole, and to relations among objects and events within that field. By comparison to Western modes of reasoning, East Asian thought relies far less on categories, or on formal logic; it is fundamentally dialectic, seeking a "middle way" between opposing thoughts. By contrast, Westerners focus on salient objects or people, use attributes to assign them to categories, and apply rules of formal logic to understand their behaviour.
Download or read book World Cultures and Geography written by and published by McDougal Littel. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
