Title The Historical Geography of Europe

Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (597 p.) Series Geography and History of the World Ser Geography and History of the World Ser Contents Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface* -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Definition of Historical Geography -- Distinction of Geographical and Political Names -- Geographical Aspect of Europe -- The Mediterranean Lands -- The Peninsulas of Europe and Asia -- Effect of Geography on History -- Beginning of History in the European Peninsulas -- Characteristics of Greece -- Characteristics of Italy -- Advance of the Roman Dominion -- Effect of the Geographical Position of Germany, France, Spain and Scandinavia -- Influence of National Character -- Geographical Distribution of Races Europe an Aryan Continent -- Non-Aryan Remnants -- Order of the Aryan Settlement -- Greeks and Italians -- Celts -- Teutons and Slaves -- Lithuanians -- Movements among the Aryan Races -- Later Intrusion of Non-Aryan Races -- Semitic -- Turanian -- Chapter 2 -- Greece and the Greek Colonies -- The Eastern or Greek Peninsula -- Characteristics of the Eastern Peninsula -- Its Chief Divisions -- Thrace and Illyria -- Greece Proper and Its Peninsulas -- Peloponnêsos -- Insular and Asiatic Greece -- Continuous Hellas -- The Islands -- Asiatic Greece -- Ethnology of the Eastern Peninsula The Greeks and the Kindred Races -- Nations More Remote, but Probably Kindred -- Illyrians -- Epeiros, Macedonia, Sicily and Italy -- Pelasgians -- The Earliest Geography of Greece and the Neighbouring Lands -- The Homeric Map of Greece -- Tribal Divisions of Homeric Greece -- Groupings of Cities -- Extent of Greek Colonization -- The Asiatic Catalogue -- Phœnician and Greek Settlements in the Islands -- Change from Homeric to Historic Greece -- Changes in Peloponnêsos -- Changes in Northern Greece -- Changes in Later Times -- B.C. 370-369 -- B.C. 468 -- The Greek Colonies -- The Ægæan Colonies Colonies in Asia -- Their Early Greatness -- Lydian and Persian Conquests -- Colonies in Thrace -- More Distant Colonies -- Colonies in the Hadriatic -- Phœnician Colonies -- Greek Colonies in Africa, Gaul, and Spain -- Colonies on the Euxine -- Beginning of the Artificial Greek Nation -- Growth of Macedonia and Epeiros -- Growth of Macedonia -- Reign of Philip, B.C. 360-336 -- Conquests of Alexander, 336-323 -- Epeiros under Pyrrhos, B.C. 295-272 -- The Macedonian Kingdoms in Asia -- B.C. 301 -- Egypt under the Ptolemies -- The Seleukid Dynasty -- Circa B.C. 256 -- B.C. 191-181 Cities of Independent State in Asia Minor. B.C. 283 -- Pergamos -- Spread of Hellenic Culture -- Seleukeia -- Hêrakleia. B.C. 188 -- The later Geography of Independent Greece -- Later Political Divisions of Greece -- The Achaian League, B.C. 280 -- B.C. 191 -- The Aitolian League -- Roman Interference in Greece -- B.C. 229 -- B.C. 205 -- B.C. 200-197. Progress of Roman Conquests. B.C. 196 -- B.C. 189 -- B.C. 169. B.C. 149 -- B.C. 146. Remaining Free States Incorporated by Vespasian -- Special Character of Greek History -- Chapter 3 -- Formation of the Roman Empire Notes Description based upon print version of record Different Meanings of the Name Italy Subject Historical geography. Historical geography Travel SUBJECT Europe -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045661 Europe -- Historical geography Subject Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 1536178136 9781536178135

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