Printing a Mediterranean world : Florence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geography / by Roberts, Sean E.

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The state of the Middle East : an atlas of conflict and resolution / by Smith, Dan, 1951-

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Historical atlas of Central Europe / by Magocsi, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Central Europe: geographic zones -- Central Europe, ca. 400 -- Central Europe, 7th-8th centuries -- Central Europe, 9th century -- Early medieval kingdoms, ca. 1050 -- The period of feudal subdivisions, ca. 1250 -- Poland, Lithuania, and Bohemia-Moravia, 13th-15th centuries -- Hungary-Croatia and Venetia, 14th-15th centuries -- Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, and the Ottoman Empire, 14th-15th centuries -- Central Europe, ca. 1480 -- Economic patterns, ca. 1450 -- The city in medieval times -- Ecclesiastical jurisdictions, ca. 1450 -- Central Europe, ca. 1570 -- Protestant Reformation, 16th century -- Catholic Counter Reformation, 16th-17th centuries -- Education and culture through the 18th century -- Central Europe, 1648 -- Poland-Lithuania, the Habsburgs, Hungary-Croatia, and Transylvania, 16th-17th centuries -- The Ottoman Empire, the Habsburgs, Hungary-Croatia, and Transylvania, 16th-17th centuries -- Central Europe, ca. 1721 -- Poland, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire, 18th century -- The Napoleonic era, 1795-1814 -- Central Europe, 1815 -- The Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1815-1914 -- The Balkan Peninsula, 1817-1912 -- The Balkan Peninsula on the eve of World War I -- Canal and railway development before 1914 -- Population, 1870-1910 -- Ethnolinguistic distribution, ca. 1900 -- Cultural and educational institutions before 1914 -- Germans in Central Europe, ca. 1900 -- Jews and Armenians in Central Europe, ca. 1900 -- The Catholic Church, 1900 -- The Orthodox Church, 1900 -- Central Europe, 1910 -- World War I, 1914-1918 -- Central Europe, 1918-1923 -- Poland, Danzig, and Lithuania in the 20th century -- Belarus and Ukraine in the 20th century -- Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia in the 20th century -- Austria and Hungary in the 20th century -- Romania and Moldova in the 20th century -- Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Kosovo in the 20th century -- Slovenia, Trieste, and Istria in the 20th century -- Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 20th century -- Montenegro, Albania, and Macedonia in the 20th century -- Bulgaria and Greece in the 20th century -- Central Europe, ca. 1930 -- World War II, 1939-1942 -- World War II, 1943-1945 -- Central Europe after World War II -- Population movements, 1944-1948 -- Population in the 20th century -- Ethnolinguistic distribution, ca. 2010 -- Central Europe, 1980 -- Industrial development, 1945-1989 -- Education and re-education in the 20th century -- The Catholic Church in the 20th century -- The Orthodox Church in the 20th century -- Post-Communist Central Europe.…”
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Atlas of the Near East : state formation and the Arab-Israeli conflict : 1918-2010 / by Balanche, Fabrice

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Menacing Aridity -- Between the Mediterranean and the Desert -- "Levantine" and "Syrian" Climates -- Overexploited Water Resources -- The Deterioration of the Environment -- Foreign Domination -- The Ottoman Empire: An Apparent Modernity -- Communitarianism -- European Imperialisms -- The Franco-British Partition -- The State of Greater Lebanon -- Mandatory Palestine -- Ephemeral States -- National Constructs -- Arab Nationalism and the Struggle against Communitarianism -- Reorganisation of the Transportation Network after Independence -- The Administrative Network in the Service of Centralisation -- Syrian Nation-Building and Baʿathism -- Lebanon: The Triumph of Laissez-Faire and Communitarianism -- Jordan: An Arabian Monarchy -- Population and Development -- A Dense and Urbanised Population -- Uncontrolled Population Growth -- An Educated Population -- The Increasing Participation of Women in the Economy -- Waves of Refugees -- Demographic Issues and Nation-Building -- A Fragile Economy -- Commerce, Family-Owned Businesses, and the Fear of the State -- A Threatened Farming Sector -- An Industry Victimised by Bureaucracy and East Asia -- Uncertain Tourism -- The Energy Challenge -- Hydrocarbons Bypassing the Near East -- The Marginalisation of the Levantine Coastline in the Near East -- A Growing Dependence on the Petro-Monarchies of the Gulf -- The Urban Archipelago of the Near East -- An Urban Network Dominated by Four Metropolises -- Damascus Devours its Gardens -- Amman, Capital of an Emirate Without Oil -- Beirut, A Shattered City -- Aleppo, A City Reactivated by an Open Economy -- Palestine Partitioned -- Territories and Populations -- High Densities and Urbanisation -- The Demographic Battle -- An Aided and Controlled Economy -- Unemployment and Poverty -- The Service Sector Domination of Employment -- The Partition of Palestine 1936-49 -- The Partition of the Occupied Territories -- Jewish Colonisation -- The Judaisation of Jerusalem -- The Geopolitics of the Near East -- The Arab-Israeli Conflict: From One Cold War to Another -- Water and the Arab-Israeli Conflict -- The Golan Heights or the Alsace-Lorraine of Syria -- The American Strategy -- Lebanon: A Buffer State -- Turkey's Resurgence -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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