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"An English adaptation of Helmolt's Weltgeschichte, with a rejection of sections which did not seem quite adequate from the point of view of its English readers". -- Publisher's note.
Author : Hans Ferdinand Helmolt
Publisher :
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 21,37 MB
Release : 1903
Category : World history
ISBN :
"An English adaptation of Helmolt's Weltgeschichte, with a rejection of sections which did not seem quite adequate from the point of view of its English readers". -- Publisher's note.
Author : Amanda Vink
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 37,71 MB
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1725321343
Southwest Asia and North Africa make up the multicultural, rich region we know as the Middle East. One of the most linguistically diverse regions of the world, with more than 60 languages spoken, the Middle East is home to many different cultures, traditions, and governments. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Southwest Asia and North Africa. How have governments changed in this region? What does it mean to be a citizen of this region? Readers will delight in finding the answers through the compelling narrative, fact-filled sidebars, vivid photographs, and authentic primary sources.
Author : CAITLIN. FINLAYSON
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Andorra
ISBN : 9780761479048
Presents a thirteen-volume reference guide to the geography, history, economy, government, culture and daily life of countries in Europe.
Author : Peter K. J. Park
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 39,4 MB
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1438446438
Winner of the 2016 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Book in Caribbean Thought presented by the Caribbean Philosophical Association In this provocative historiography, Peter K. J. Park provides a penetrating account of a crucial period in the development of philosophy as an academic discipline. During these decades, a number of European philosophers influenced by Immanuel Kant began to formulate the history of philosophy as a march of progress from the Greeks to Kant—a genealogy that supplanted existing accounts beginning in Egypt or Western Asia and at a time when European interest in Sanskrit and Persian literature was flourishing. Not without debate, these traditions were ultimately deemed outside the scope of philosophy and relegated to the study of religion. Park uncovers this debate and recounts the development of an exclusionary canon of philosophy in the decades of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. To what extent was this exclusion of Africa and Asia a result of the scientization of philosophy? To what extent was it a result of racism? This book includes the most extensive description available anywhere of Joseph-Marie de Gérando's Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie, Friedrich Schlegel's lectures on the history of philosophy, Friedrich Ast's and Thaddä Anselm Rixner's systematic integration of Africa and Asia into the history of philosophy, and the controversy between G. W. F. Hegel and the theologian August Tholuck over "pantheism."
Author : Kenneth R. Ross
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1474428061
"This comprehensive reference volume covers every country in North Africa and West Asia, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends."--
Author : Roland Spliesgart
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2007-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802828892
Taking the three continents in turn, the documents trace chronologically the transfer of Christianity from the beginning of Western colonization through the end of the Cold War. Traditional forms of Christianity in Asia and Africa are not covered. The emphasis is on the voices of people working in the field--both missionaries and Indigenous people--rather than those at the imperial centers.
Author : Miriam Coleman
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 172532170X
Spread between two continents but sharing many of the same geographic challenges, the peoples and cultures of Southwest Asia and North Africa are both similar and different in striking ways. This region, which includes Morocco, Libya, and Egypt, is also known as the Middle East. It has given birth to ancient civilizations, unique legends, and some of the modern world's most distinct traditions and practices. As this informative narrative takes readers on a cultural journey, full-color images will help them put faces to the people, places, and history featured within.
Author : Ewout Frankema
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 35,39 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108494269
How colonial governments in Asia and Africa financed their activities and why fiscal systems varied across colonies reveals the nature and long-term effects of colonial rule.
Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1101548029
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or “killer applications”—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, Civilization: The West and the Rest recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.