Geography Toward History : : Studies in the Mediterranean Basin, Mesopotamia and Central Asia / / Ellsworth Huntington.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Huntington, Ellsworth,
• MitwirkendeR: Huntington, Ellsworth,; Olmstead, A. T.,; Vann, Barry Aron,; Vann, Barry,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Kiraz Historic Travels Archive
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Introduction: Introducing Ellsworth Huntington --; Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 45, No. 9 (1913). The New Science of Geography --; Part One: The Near East --; A Dialogue --; 1. Climatic Changes in the Nearer East --; 2. Climatic Changes in the Nearer East: A Reply --; Articles --; 3. The Depression of Sistan in Eastern Persia --; 4. The Valley of the Upper Euphrates River and Its People --; 5. Through the Great Cañon of the Euphrates River --; Part Two: The Mediterranean Basin --; Greece And Rome --; 6. Climatic Change And Agricultural Exhaustion As Elements In The Fall Of Rome --; 7. The Burial Of Olympia: A Study In Climate And History --; Asia Minor --; 8. The Karst Country of Southern Asia Minor --; 9. Railroads in Asia Minor --; Palestine --; 10. The Climate of Ancient Palestine. Part One --; 11. The Climate of Ancient Palestine. Part Two --; 12. The Climate of Ancient Palestine. Part Three --; 13. The Future of Palestine --; North Africa --; 14. The Libyan Oasis on Kharga --; Part Three: Central Asia --; 15. Problems in Exploration --; 16. An Archipelago of Sand Dunes in a Lake of Central Asia --; 17. The Mountains of Turkestan --; 18. Archaeological Discoveries in Chinese Turkestan --; 19. The Rivers of Chinese Turkestan and the Dessication of Asia --; 20. Lop-Nor. A Chinese Lake. Part One. The Unexplored Salt Desert of Lop --; 21. Lop-Nor. A Chinese Lake. Part Two. The Historic Lake --; Part Four: Geography And History --; 22. The Geographer And History --; 23. Changes Of Climate And History
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463213633; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463213633
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ellsworth Huntington.

This work compiles essays by Dr. Huntington concerning the usefulness of geography and climatology for understanding history and projecting environmental outcomes. It is of value to students of geography, climatology and Mediterranean, the Near Eastern and Central Asian history.