To see how geography and ideology collide, consider the ominous plain that is the Turkish-Syrian border. On one side is a Nato country. On the other, for long stretches, are the jihadis of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (上图说明:这是从土耳其一侧看到的自叙利亚边境小镇科巴尼升...
It starts with the creation of the world and Jewish history. Next follow chapters describing the history, geography, social life, and religious customs of non-Islamic lands, such as India, Greece, and Rome. 作者开篇介绍了世界的起源和犹太历史,然后描写了印度、希腊和罗马等非伊斯兰国家的历史、地...
Kevin has edited encyclopedias, taught history, and has an MA in Islamic law/finance. In this lesson, we learned how geography isolated the early Chinese. We saw how tundra and desert kept China from establishing contact to the north and west and how the sea kept China from expanding to th...
of the Islamic faith.Sub-Saharan Africais all the land south of North Africa, known for a variety of physical geography (rainforest, deserts, plains, and mountains) and the dominance of the Christian faith. View the followingAfrican mapfor a better understanding of this range of physical ...
Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a large, landlocked country located in Central Asia. About two-thirds of its land is rugged and mountainous, and much of the country is sparsely populated. Afghanistan's people are very poor and the country has recently been...
Here you can find the Cairo Tower, the Citadel and the Egyptian Museum. In the tenth century Cairo was the centre of the Islamic world. Thus many Islamic buildings such as mosques, madrassas or hammams can be explored. The Sultan Hassan Mosque Madrassa is another iconic landmark of Cairo....
Sudan and the Middle East Sudan is a part of the African continent, but it also has close ties with the Middle East. Omdurman, a city located near Khartoum, is the largest city in Sudan and is considered to be theIslamiccapital of the country. The Republic of Sudan has been a member ...
The intersection of cultural and economic geography is covered inRoger LeeandJane Wills(eds.),Geographies of Economies(1997); and globalization is treated inPeter Dicken,Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, 5th ed. (2007). A useful study of urban geography isBlair ...
Why are the plateaus of Burundi important? Why is dialect important? Why doesn't Iran use the Islamic calendar? Why did the Mayan calendar have unlucky days? Why is media studies important? Why is applied linguistics studied? Why is Stonehenge a World Heritage site?
Kevin has edited encyclopedias, taught history, and has an MA in Islamic law/finance.Cite this lesson Europe is located in the western area of a large landmass called Eurasia, that reaches from Ireland to Indonesia. Explore the geography of this land mass and learn about the waterways, mountai...