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Bibliography Of Afghanistan
This is a list of books in the English language which deal with Afghanistan and its geography, history, inhabitants, culture, biota, etc. *Arjomand, Said – ''Constitutional Politics in the Middle East: With Special Reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.'' *Baker, P. H. B. and F. R. Allchin - ''Shahr-i Zohak and the History of the Baiyan Valley, Afghanistan.'' *Barfield, Thomas – ''Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History''. *Capian, Richard – ''A New Trusteeship? The International Administration of War-Torn Territories.'' *Coll, Steve - ''Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.'' *''Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1983: Vol. 1, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments; Status of the World’s Nations; U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Foreign Service Posts; Background Notes: Afghanistan-Luxembourg. Vol. 2, Background Notes: Macau- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan Politisch 2000
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and serves as its capital. Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic era, and the country's strategic location along the historic Silk Road has led it to being described, picturesquely, as the ‘ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biota (ecology)
A biome () is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate. Biomes may span more than one continent. Biome is a broader term than habitat and can comprise a variety of habitats. While a biome can cover large areas, a microbiome is a mix of organisms that coexist in a defined space on a much smaller scale. For example, the human microbiome is the collection of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present on or in a human body. A biota is the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales and instantaneous temporal scales all the way up to whole-planet and whole-timescale spatiotemporal scales. The biotas of the Earth make up the biosphere. Etymology The term was suggested in 1916 by Clements, originally as a synonym for '' biotic community'' of Möbius (1877). Later, it gained its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones, Schuyler
Schuyler Jones CBE (born 7 February 1930) is an American anthropologist and museum curator. He is best known for his ethnographic fieldwork in the Nuristan region of Afghanistan, as well as his role as Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, between 1985 and 1997. Jones is an Emeritus Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. Early life and education Jones was born in Wichita, Kansas, USA, the son of Schuyler and Ignace (Mead) Jones, and was educated at Wichita High School. After World War II Jones moved to Paris, worked as a photographer for a time and then went to Africa as a freelance photojournalist for four years. He later settled in Greece and supported himself in part by translating technical books from German and French to English for a publisher in Germany. In 1958, having undertaken an overland journey from Tangier to Cape Town, Jones decided to drive from Greece to India and Nepal. This journey, Jones later noted, 'led to a love affair with Afghanistan'. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outline Of Afghanistan
210px, The location of Afghanistan 210px, An enlargeable map of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan: Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central and South Asia. Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has experienced a continuous state of civil war. General reference image:Afghan-big.jpg, 210px, An enlargeable relief map of Afghanistan * International Phonetic Alphabet, Pronunciation: * Common English country name: Afghanistan * Official English country name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan * Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Afghan * Demonym(s): Afghans * Etymology: Name of Afghanistan * International rankings of Afghanistan * ISO country codes: AF, AFG, 004 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AF * Internet country code top-level domain: .af Geography of Afghanistan image:Afghanistan Topography.png, 210px, An enlargeable topograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliography Of Afghanistan
This is a list of books in the English language which deal with Afghanistan and its geography, history, inhabitants, culture, biota, etc. *Arjomand, Said – ''Constitutional Politics in the Middle East: With Special Reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.'' *Baker, P. H. B. and F. R. Allchin - ''Shahr-i Zohak and the History of the Baiyan Valley, Afghanistan.'' *Barfield, Thomas – ''Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History''. *Capian, Richard – ''A New Trusteeship? The International Administration of War-Torn Territories.'' *Coll, Steve - ''Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.'' *''Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1983: Vol. 1, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments; Status of the World’s Nations; U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Foreign Service Posts; Background Notes: Afghanistan-Luxembourg. Vol. 2, Background Notes: Macau- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliographies Of Countries Or Regions
Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliography'' as a word having two senses: one, a list of books for further study or of works consulted by an author (or enumerative bibliography); the other one, applicable for collectors, is "the study of books as physical objects" and "the systematic description of books as objects" (or descriptive bibliography). Etymology The word was used by Greek writers in the first three centuries CE to mean the copying of books by hand. In the 12th century, the word started being used for "the intellectual activity of composing books." The 17th century then saw the emergence of the modern meaning, that of description of books. Currently, the field of bibliography has expanded to include studies that consider the book as a material object. Bibliography, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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