From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography write by Xiaofeng Tang. This book was released on 2000. From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography
From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography write by . This book was released on 1994. From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
An Historical Geography of Peiping
An Historical Geography of Peiping - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Historical Geography of Peiping write by Renzhi Hou. This book was released on 2014-07-07. An Historical Geography of Peiping available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is about the city of Peiping in China, also known as Beijing and Peking, and a city of great historical significance. Divided into three parts, this work explores Peiping first as a frontier city at a time when the Great Wall was established, from the Chou dynasty (ca.1122—220 B.C.) until the T’ang Dynasties up to the Khitan Occupation (A.D. 590—937). The second part explores Peiping as it becomes a national centre, through the Liao Dynasty and the Chin Dynasty, until 1234, and the third part explores how it became the capital of the Chinese empire, until 1911. This work is a historical geography and the introduction details topographical features and geographical relations of the city, describing the way in which the mountains rise from the plain creating concave arms to enclose Peiping, leading to the name, the ‘Bay of Peiping’. We learn that the mountains frequently reach over 3000ft and have practically no foot-hills, whilst the bay itself is filled with sediments of gravel, sand, loam and loess which have been deposited in horizontal strata, to a great depth. Numerous illustrations and figures are included, and readers will see how the city sits between two rivers, the Hun (浑河 or Muddy River) and the Pai (白河 or White River). These chapters reveal how each river has made its contribution to the material development of the city and its environs, including through irrigation and as the Hun River shifted its course. Owing to the geography of the region, almost all roads leading from the northern lands of Mongolia and Manchuria to the great plain of North China in the south are bound to converge at Peiping. The historical consequences of this, as well as local climate conditions and other aspects of geography are explored in this book, which traces the historical rise to eminence of Peiping.
The Early Dynastic List of Geographical Names
The Early Dynastic List of Geographical Names - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Early Dynastic List of Geographical Names write by Douglas Frayne. This book was released on 1992. The Early Dynastic List of Geographical Names available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study reconstructs Mesopotamian geography based primarily on the third-millennium lists of geographical place names found at Abu Salabikh in Mesopotamian and at Ebla in Syria. Frayne has extracted much relevant data from tablets of approximately the same period and later, as well as modern names for sites which help identify the toponyms in the lists. These sources do not help elucidate the geography of Genesis 10, but biblical scholars will find interest in the Mesopotamian lists that were copied in Ebla scribal schools using Sumerian logograms.
A Historical Geography of China
A Historical Geography of China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Historical Geography of China write by Yi-Fu Tuan. This book was released on 2017-07-12. A Historical Geography of China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Chinese earth is pervasively humanized through long occupation. Signs of man's presence vary from the obvious to the extremely subtle. The building of roads, bridges, dams, and factories, and the consolidation of farm holdings alter the Chinese landscape and these alterations seem all the more conspicuous because they introduce features that are not distinctively Chinese. In contrast, traditional forms and architectural relics escape our attention because they are so identified with the Chinese scene that they appear to be almost outgrowths of nature. Describing the natural order of human beings in the context of the Chinese earth and civilization, "A Historical Geography of China" narrates the evolution of the Chinese landscape from prehistoric times to the present.Tuan views landscape as a visible expression of man's efforts to gain a living and achieve a measure of stability in the constant flux of nature. The book ranges the period of time from Peking man to the epoch of Mao Tse-tung. It moves through the ancient and modern dynasties, the warlords and conquests, earthquakes, devastating floods, climatic reversals, and staggering civil wars to the impact of Western civilization and industrialization. The emphasis throughout is on the effect of a changing environment on succeeding cultures.This classic study attempts to analyze and describe traditional Chinese settlement patterns and architecture. The result is a clear and succinct examination of the development of the Chinese landscape over thousands of years. It describes the ways the Communist regime worked to alter the face of the nation. This work will quickly prove to be crucial reading for all who are interested in this pivotal nation. It goes far beyond the usual political spectrum, into the physical and social roots of Chinese history.
