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Historical Atlas of the Modern Middle East

Autor Chris H. Bierwirth
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iul 2017
"Historical Atlas of the Modern Middle East" is a comprehensive and comparative atlas of Middle Eastern history, beginning in the early modern period and continuing through the present. It is comprehensive because, unlike many other historical atlases, this work covers the entire region, as well as neighboring areas of Europe, Central Asia and South Asia. In addition, by providing successive maps drawn on the same base, along with accompanying explanatory text, the Atlas takes a chronologically comparative approach. Thispermits readers to follow the flow of historical developments and compare the same terrain in different eras. "
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780205660926
ISBN-10: 0205660924
Pagini: 112
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: Prentice-Hall
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Descriere

Historical Atlas of the Modern Middle East is a comprehensive and comparative atlas of Middle Eastern history, beginning in the early modern period and continuing through the present.
 
It is comprehensive because, unlike many other historical atlases, this work covers the entire region, as well as neighboring areas of Europe, Central Asia and South Asia.  In addition, by providing successive maps drawn on the same base, along with accompanying explanatory text, the Atlas takes a chronologically comparative approach.  This permits readers to follow the flow of historical developments and compare the same terrain in different eras. 

Cuprins

    Background Map:Topography
    Background Map: Climate and vegetation
Historical Maps
    1656:Large scale map:“Gunpowder Empires”
    1656:The Ottoman Empire at its zenith
                    Detail Maps: Ottoman-Safavid Frontier
                        1512: Safavid domains in Mesopotamia at their greatest extent
                        1534: Ottoman conquest of Mesopotamia
                        1579: Ottoman conquest of Georgia, Shirvan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Luristan
                        1639: Treaty of Zuhab
    1699: The Ottoman retreat begins (Treaty of Karlowitz)
    1774: The Ottoman retreat continues
                    Detail Maps: The European Frontier
    1718: Treaty of Passarowitz
    1739: Treaty of Belgrade
    1774: Treaty of Kuçuk Kaynarci
                    Detail Maps: The Ottoman-Persian Frontier
                        1723: Ottoman reconquest of Shirvan, Azerbaijan and Luristan
                        1736: Nadir Khan’s campaigns reverse Ottoman gains
    1804: Large scale map:   “Gunpowder Empires” in retreat
    1804: Western intrusion and Middle East reaction
    1804: Cultural Focus:     Distribution of ethno-linguistic and religious groups at the beginning of the 19th century
    1841: Imperial dissolution begins
                    Detail maps:         Mehmet Ali’s campaigns
                        1811-18: Against the Wahhabis in Arabia
                        1820-21: In Sudan
                        1824-27:  In Greece
                        1832-39: In Palestine, Syria and Anatolia
    1878: The “Eastern Question”
                    Detail maps: The Ottomans and Russia
                        1854-56: Crimean War
                        1878: Treaty of San Stefano
    1907: Large scale map:   The “New Imperialism” in Africa and Asia
    1907: “New Imperialism” in the Middle East
                    Detail map: European imperialism in North Africa
                        1830-1912: France, Spain and Italy in the Maghrib
                    Detail maps: Rise and fall of the Mahdia
                        1885: Fall of Khartoum; Mahdia at its height
                        1898: Reconquest of Sudan
                    Detail map: Partition of Persia
                        1907: Anglo-Russian Convention on Persia
    1907: Economic Focus: Western concessions in the Middle East (including oil concessions)
    1914: Eve of the Great War  
                    Detail maps: Balkan Wars
                        1912-13: First Balkan War
                        1913: Second Balkan War
    1923: After the Great War
                    Detail maps: The Great War in the Middle East
                        1915: Gallipoli
                        1916-18: Mesopotamia
                        1916-18: Palestine and Syria
                    Detail maps: Wartime and post-war agreements
                        1915-16:  Constantinople Agreement and Sykes-Picot Agreement
                        1915-16:  Husayn-McMahon Correspondence
                        1920: Treaty of Sevres
                        1923: Treaty of Lausanne
    1923: Social Focus:        Post-war ethnic relocations and population exchanges
    1939: Eve of war
                    Detail maps: Palestine between the wars
                        Jewish immigration into Palestine
                        1936: Jewish and Arab populations in Palestine
                        1936-9: The “Great Arab Revolt”
                        1937: Peel Commission partition plan
                        1938: Woodhead Commission plans
                    Detail maps: Emergence of nation-states
                        1902-32:  Creation of the Sa’udi Kingdom
                        1918-36:  Egypt and Iraq
                        1918-36:  Lebanon and Syria
                        Sectarian divisions in Lebanon and Syria
    1941: World War II, phase I
    1942: World War II, phase II
    1945: World War II, phase III
    1952: After the war
                    Detail maps: Israel’s War of Independence, a.k.a. al-Nakba
                        1946: Jewish and Arab populations in Palestine
                        1947: UN partition plan
                        1948: Initial Arab attacks
                        1948: Israeli counterattacks
                        1949-51:  Arab and Jewish expatriation
    1969: Cold War in the Middle East
                    Detail maps: Arab-Israeli conflict I
                         1956: Suez War
                        1967:  June War
                    Detail map: Decolonization in the Maghrib
                        1954-62:  Algeria’s War of Independence; Morocco, Tunisia and Libya
    1969: Large scale map: Decolonization and Non-Alignment in Africa and Asia
    1973: Economic Focus: Oil and OPEC
    1982:  Wars and Revolutions
                    Detail maps: Arab-Israeli conflict II
                        1973: October War
                    Detail maps:  The Lebanese Civil War
                        1975-81:  Early Phase
                        1982: Israel’s invasion of Lebanon
                        1983-89:  Later events
    2008: The Middle East today
                    Detail maps:          Arab-Israeli resolution
                        1979: Camp David I (Begin, Sadat, Carter)
                        2000: Camp David II (Barak, Arafat, Clinton)
                    Detail maps:          Gulf conflicts
                        1980-88: Gulf War I (Iran-Iraq War)
                        1990-91: Gulf War II (Desert Storm)
                        2002-?: Gulf War III (Iraq War)
                        2008: Ethnic and religious divisions in Iraq
    2008: Cultural Focus: Distribution of ethnic and religious groups at the beginning of the 21st century
    2008: Cultural Focus: Women’s rights
    2008: Cultural and Economic Focus: Globalization
    2008: Economic Focus: Oil wealth today
    2008: Social Focus: Urbanization
    2008: Large scale map: The “New World Order” and the Middle East


Appendices: Lists of rulers and genealogies, population figures, and timelines
Gazetteer
Index
 
 
 
 

Caracteristici

  • Full color maps, expressly drawn for this Atlas, provide a highly visual and graphical learning environment.
  • Accompanying text provide commentary on each map