Geography toward history : studies in the Mediterranean Basin, Mesopotamia and Central Asia

This work compiles essays by Dr. Huntington concerning the usefulness of geography and climatology for understanding history and projecting environmental outcomes. It is of value to students of geography, climatology and Mediterranean, the Near Eastern and Central Asian history. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: Introducing Ellsworth Huntington Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 45, No. 9 (1913). The New Science of Geography Part One: The Near East A Dialogue 1. Climatic Changes in the Nearer East 2. Climatic Changes in the Nearer East: A Reply Articles 3. The Depression of Sistan in Eastern Persia 4. The Valley of the Upper Euphrates River and Its People 5. Through the Great Cañon of the Euphrates River Part Two: The Mediterranean Basin Greece And Rome 6. Climatic Change And Agricultural Exhaustion As Elements In The Fall Of Rome 7. The Burial Of Olympia: A Study In Climate And History Asia Minor 8. The Karst Country of Southern Asia Minor 9. Railroads in Asia Minor Palestine 10. The Climate of Ancient Palestine. Part One 11. The Climate of Ancient Palestine. Part Two 12. The Climate of Ancient Palestine. Part Three 13. The Future of Palestine North Africa 14. The Libyan Oasis on Kharga Part Three: Central Asia 15. Problems in Exploration 16. An Archipelago of Sand Dunes in a Lake of Central Asia 17. The Mountains of Turkestan 18. Archaeological Discoveries in Chinese Turkestan 19. The Rivers of Chinese Turkestan and the Dessication of Asia 20. Lop-Nor. A Chinese Lake. Part One. The Unexplored Salt Desert of Lop 21. Lop-Nor. A Chinese Lake. Part Two. The Historic Lake Part Four: Geography And History 22. The Geographer And History 23. Changes Of Climate And History Annotation. This work compiles essays by Dr. Huntington concerning the usefulness of geography and climatology for understanding history and projecting environmental outcomes. It is of value to students of geography, climatology and Mediterranean, the Near Eastern and Central Asian history