Historical geography

A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, British archeologist Austen Henry Layard uncovered parts of several ancient Assyrian cities buried beneath the earth, including the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Nineveh.

The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and one of the continents principal arteries of movement, migration, conquest and commerce.

Prepare yourself for quite a journey!

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the RenaissanceIn 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean.

A guide to exploring 365 of Scotland's most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands.

There have been few more remarkable events than the European colonisation and decolonisation of Africa.

There have been few more remarkable events than the European colonisation and decolonisation of Africa.

Pedro de Alvarado is best known as the right-hand man of Hernando Cortes in the conquest of Mexico (151921) and the ruthless conqueror of Guatemala some years later.

Pedro de Alvarado is best known as the right-hand man of Hernando Cortes in the conquest of Mexico (151921) and the ruthless conqueror of Guatemala some years later.

El libro Historia urbana de la ciudad de La Paz, Baja California Sur, México se diseñó como un trabajo multidisciplinar de divulgación a partir de un proyecto de investigación permanente que se lleva a cabo en el Centro de Documentación de Historia Urbana (CEDOHU-UABCS) adscrito al Departamento Académico de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur: "Historia urbana: economía, ciudad y patrimonio cultural".

El libro presenta una valiosa labor de investigación, documentación y análisis de cuatro localidades del municipio de La Paz (Baja California Sur, México): La Paz, Todos Santos, El Triunfo y San Antonio; llevaba a cabo por miembros del Colectivo de Historia Urbana del Centro de Documentación de Historia Económica y Política de Baja California Sur.

Los cronistas se dedican a hacer crónica urbana de la ciudad, contado su historia, de sus calles y callejones, de sus edificios, de la vida cotidiana de los pobladores, de los vocablos locales, de los personajes ilustres de la ciudad, entre otros temas; pero, en esta ocasión, un grupo de cronistas paceños, acostumbrados a escribir sobre las historias de otros, contarán su historia personal con la ciudad.

This book explores the relationships between empire, natural history, and gender in the production of geographical knowledge and its translation between colonial Burma and Britain.

Winner, 2022 RUSA Outstanding Reference SourceThis encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galapagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.

This accessible chapter book, ideal for students and general readers alike, examines the political, social, and cultural history of Chile.

Few concepts are as central to understanding the modern world as borders, and the now-thriving field of border studies has already produced a substantial literature analyzing their legal, ideological, geographical, and historical aspects.

If you can identify all these landmarks, then half of the job is already done.

Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realize.

A picture book about frogs can work wonders for a child's imagination.

A timely and provocative challenge to the foundations of our global order: why should national borders be unchangeable?

After the battle of Sedan on September 1, 1870 and the collapse of the Second Empire, followed by the investment of Paris, the Government of National Defense set about raising fresh armies.

In March 1945 the German Wehrmacht undertook its final attempt to change the course of the war by launching a counteroffensive in the area of Lake Balaton, Hungary.

La obra de Eduardo Torres comprende 39 municipios del departamento y cerca de cinco siglos de escritura.

One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.

One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.

Visiones y viajes a lo largo de los siglos* Embárquese en un viaje para conocer la historia de la cartografía europea, desde el siglo xv al xix, y descubra los secretos ocultos en los detalles de una carta náutica.

This book explores the relationships between empire, natural history, and gender in the production of geographical knowledge and its translation between colonial Burma and Britain.

To complement his first collection of articles (Rome's Fall and After, 1989), Walter Goffart presents here a further set of essays, all but two published between 1988 and 2007.

To complement his first collection of articles (Rome's Fall and After, 1989), Walter Goffart presents here a further set of essays, all but two published between 1988 and 2007.

Islandology is a fast-paced, fact-filled comparative essay in critical topography and cultural geography that cuts across different cultures and argues for a world of islands.

About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book.

A rich analysis of the complex dynamic between food collection and food production in the farming societies of precolonial south central Africa Engaging new linguistic evidence and reinterpreting published archaeological evidence, this sweeping study explores the place of bushcraft and agriculture in the precolonial history of south central Africa across nearly three millennia.

An award'winning environmental historian explores American history through wrenching, tragic, and sometimes humorous stories of getting lost The human species has a propensity for getting lost.

A uniquely collaborative analysis of human adaptation to the Polynesian islands, told through oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records Humans began to settle the area we know as Polynesia between 3,000 and 800 years ago, bringing with them material culture, including plants and animals, and ideas about societal organization, and then adapting to the specific biophysical features of the islands they discovered.

Geographic information systems (GIS) have spurred a renewed interest in the influence of geographical space on human behavior and cultural development.

From Central District Seattle to Harlem to Holly Springs, Black people have built a dynamic network of cities and towns where Black culture is maintained, created, and defended.

Exciting, fun and humorous family adventure vacation story.

By 1941, a nascent statehood movement began to coalesce into an active and explicit secession campaign seeking to carve from Northern California and Southern Oregon a new State of Jefferson.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Berliners grappled with how to rebuild their devastated city.

For more than twenty-five years, The Student Bible Atlas has been a trusted companion for Bible students of all ages and interests.

Based on the latest current scholarship, Atlas of the Biblical World features striking full-color maps and insightful commentary to make the ancient biblical world come alive.

Mobility was central to imperialism, from the human movements entailed in exploration, travel and migration to the information, communications and commodity flows vital to trade, science, governance and military power.

What's the first lesson that you need to know before traveling?

This educational book is our mini-guide to the "e;Land Down Under.

Let's tour Asia without needing a passport or a plane ticket!

Did you know that desserts, though barren, are abuzz with life?

Learn to read maps, and locate regions in the world by using latitude and longitude.

The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries.