Hammond World Atlas

Hammond World Atlas
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780843715606

Completely revised and updated, Hammond's venerable world atlas contains 20 more pages than the previous edition, new photos, and a font change at the same great price. This atlas contains full-color, accurate, easy-to-read world maps with striking physical relief and the latest country information.

Reference World Atlas

Reference World Atlas
Author: Simon Mumford
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-04
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780241412879

Packed with more than 640 high-definition maps and over 950 illustrations and diagrams, this is the ultimate world atlas. Fully revised and updated edition to encompass recent world events, this extensive atlas is an invaluable reference for home, school, and office. The opening section provides a fascinating introduction to our world with a series of maps that illustrate its physical, political, economic, and demographic geography. The main section is a series of beautifully clear and concise maps that give a superb overview of the world's continents. Each page contains a wealth of extra information that helps to separate this atlas from so many others, including inset maps, photographs, and text to help give a real flavour of the geography and culture of a region. New information in this edition includes everything from revised country names, such as Eswatini for Swaziland, to updated country statistics and population numbers. This indispensable guide also links all of this together with a fully cross-referenced index containing 80,000 place names. A welcome addition to any school or family library, Reference World Atlas is a truly in-depth portrait of our planet today.

Subject Catalog

Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 660
Release: 1965
Genre: Catalogs, Subject
ISBN:

Library of Congress Catalog

Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 668
Release: 1965
Genre: Catalogs, Subject
ISBN:

A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.

Arabia and the Arabs

Arabia and the Arabs
Author: Robert G. Hoyland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134646348

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants and warriors Arabia and the Arabs provides the only up-to-date, one-volume survey of the region and its peoples, from prehistory to the coming of Islam Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the south, to the deserts and oases of the north. He then examines the major themes of *the economy *society *religion *art, architecture and artefacts *language and literature *Arabhood and Arabisation The volume is illustrated with more than 50 photographs, drawings and maps.