| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 621 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Geographical handbook series |
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Geographical handbook series.
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| Contents |
Cover; PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PART I. PALESTINE; I. INTRODUCTION; Boundaries and Area; Geographical and Administrative Divisions; History and People; Place-names; Topographical Glossary; II. PHYSICAL, GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; REGIONAL TOPOGRAPHY; The Plains; The Mountain Region; Galilee; Samaria; Judaea; The Shephelah; The Jordan Trench; The Negeb; RlVERS AND LAKES; Rivers of the Mediterranean Seaboard; The Jordan; The Lakes; III. THE COAST; Ras en Nakurah to Haifa; Haifa to Tel Aviv and Jaffa; Jaffa to Rafa; IV. CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND FAUNA |
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CLIMATEPressure; Winds; Temperature; Humidity; Evaporation; Visibility; Cloud; Rainfall; Dew; Snow; Thunder and Hail; Miscellaneous; VEGETATION; Biological types; Botanical Divisions; Plant Life of the Divisions; Mediterranean Region; The Coastal Plain; The Main Mountain Block; Steppe Region; Desert Region; FAUNA; V. HISTORY; EARLY TIMES TO THE ROMAN SETTLEMENT; Earliest Culture; The Biblical Period; From Nebuchadnezzar to Antiochus IV; The Maccabaean Revolt; THE ROMAN PERIOD; Roman Palestine; Herod the Great; Revolt against Rome; The Jews of the Dispersion; Jews and Christians |
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ARAB AND LATIN RULEThe Arab Conquest; Arab Rule in Palestine; The Crusades; The Latin Kingdom; THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; The Ottoman Empire; Napoleon's Invasion; Mehemet Ali; Ottoman Rule in the Nineteenth Century; The European Powers; Jewish Immigration; The Young Turk Revolution; The War in Palestine, 1914-1918; Jewish Immigration during the Ottoman Period; Zionism; THE MANDATE; After the War; Arab Reactions; Arab Outbreaks; A New Solution; VI. THE PEOPLE; RACE AND NATIONALITY; The Arabs; The Palestinian Christians; The Jews; LANGUAGE; RELIGION; Moslems; Jews; Christians; CULTURE; Music; Drama |
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Art and ArchitectureTown Planning; Literature; Periodicals; Libraries; Museums; Popular Culture; Costume; The Arab Village; Domestic Arts; Mats and Basketry; Domestic Animals; VII. DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION; CENSUS FIGURES; Estimates; The Census of 1931; Place of Birth; Nationality; Citizenship; POPULATION INCREASE; Causes; Natural Increase; IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION; Categories of Immigration; Incentives to Immigration; Illegal Immigration; Origin of Immigrants; Social Effects of Immigration; Emigration; DISTRIBUTION; Present Distribution; Urban Immigration; Casual Labour; The Towns |
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Municipal AreasVIII. ADMINISTRATION; CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; The League of Nations; The Departments; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; The Municipalities; Town Planning; COMMUNAL AUTONOMY; The Jewish Community; The Moslem Community; JUSTICE AND CRIME; Administration of Justice; Law; Police and Prisons; LANGUAGE AND RELIGION; LAND OWNERSHIP; EDUCATION; Arab Schools; Jewish Schools; Technical and Scientific Education; Other Non-Government Schools; The Hebrew University; IX. PUBLIC HEALTH; Vital statistics; Causes of Death; Infectious Diseases; Malaria; Kala-azar; Tuberculosis; Venereal Diseases; Ankylostomiasis |
| Summary |
First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Facsim. of ed. published: London : Naval Intelligence Division, 1943 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
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Geography
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| SUBJECT |
Palestine -- Geography
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Jordan -- Geography
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| Subject |
Jordan
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Middle East -- Palestine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
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| ISBN |
9781136209390 |
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1136209395 |
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9780203040614 |
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0203040619 |
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