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Author : Robert Ferguson (of Carlisle.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)
Download or read book The River-names of Europe written by Robert Ferguson (of Carlisle.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Ferguson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The River-names of Europe written by Robert Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Klement Tockner
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080919081
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Rivers of Europe written by Klement Tockner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-01-31 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With numerous full-color photographs and maps, Rivers of Europe includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Rivers of Europe provides the information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets. - Coverage on more than 180 European rivers - Summarizes biological, ecological and biodiversity characteristics - Provides conservation managers with information to resolve conflicts between recreational use of rivers, their use as a water supply, and the need to conserve natural habitats - Data on river hydrology (maximum , minimum and average flow rates), seasonal variation in water flow - Numerous full-color photographs - Information on the underlying geology and its affect on river behaviour
Author : Robert Ferguson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The River-names of Europe written by Robert Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Berlitz
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780049455
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Berlitz: River Cruising in Europe written by Berlitz and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A river cruise is undoubtedly the most civilized way to see the best of Europe; you can relax in the comfort of a small vessel as you glide through picturesque towns and spectacular scenery. But how do you choose which cruise company, which kind of rivership, and where to go? This thoroughly updated and expanded new edition of the Berlitz guide to River Cruising in Europe will tell you everything you need to know about taking a cruise along Europe's beautiful rivers and waterways. The book cuts through the brochures' hype - almost every river cruise company promises you luxury. But what does 'luxury' really mean? The guide gives you unbiased advice on the different kinds of river vessels and the facilities they offer, helping you to make an informed choice. We take you on a journey along Europe's rivers and waterways, describing the highlights along the way - the historic cities and majestic scenery of the Danube, the castles and vineyards of the romantic Rhine, and much more. Also included are listings for over 200 riverships, which are described and impartially rated, so that you can easily compare them and their facilities.
Author : Peter H. Gommers
Publisher : Leuven University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789058671493
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Europe - What's in a Name written by Peter H. Gommers and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe is a word that is almost daily on our lips. But how far do we have to go back in order to find the origins of its name? The first part of this beautifully illustrated book traces the geographical and mythological basis of Europe's name. Who came up with the idea to distinguish the world in continents with proper names? The search will bring the reader back to the early history of mankind. How did the ancient Egyptians see the world and populations around them? Where did the Hebrews get the idea to split the world in three? And what was the world-picture in ancient Greece, laid down in geographic treatises and fragments? Where did the name 'Europe' originate from? Could it be from a person, either mortal or divine? In ancient Greek literature the name 'Europa' appears quite frequently for Greek goddesses and Greek women. Strangely enough, the best known Europa myth concerns a Phoenician princess, loved by the Greek god Zeus. Many mythographs doubt the Asian descent of the Phoenician Europa. Is her real origin to be located on mainland Greece? How can the contradicting Greek myths be interpreted, and was the name universally accepted as the name for the continent? In the second part of this book, the author tells the amazing story of how the Arts have treated the Europa myths for almost three millennia. He shows the extraordinary influence of the personification of the geographic continent Europe on literature, music, sculpture, painting, tapestry and other applied arts. All this clearly demonstrates the vivid interest in Europe for the subject throughout the ages and illustrates, according to Karel van Miert in his Foreword, our common European culture.
Author : Roman Adrian Cybriwsky
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633862051
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Along Ukraine's River written by Roman Adrian Cybriwsky and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The River Dnipro (formerly better known by the Russian name of Dnieper) is intimately linked to the history and identity of Ukraine. Cybriwsky discusses the history of the river, from when it was formed and its many uses and modifications by human agencies from ancient times to the present. From key vantage points along the river’s course—its source in western Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea—interesting stories shed light on past and present life in Ukraine. Scenes set along the river from Russian and Ukrainian literature are evoked, as well as musical compositions and works of art. Topics include the legacy of the region’s cultural ancestors as the Kyivan Rus, the period of Cossack dominion, the epic battles for the river’s bridges in World War II, the building of dams and huge reservoirs by the Soviet Union, and the crisis of Chornobyl (Chernobyl). The author argues that the Dnipro and the farmlands along it are Ukraine’s chief natural resources, and that the country's future depends on putting both to good use. Written without academic pretence in an informal style with dashes of humor, Along Ukraine's River is illustrated with original line drawings, maps, and photographs.
Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351330012
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Slavs in the Making written by Florin Curta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavs in the Making takes a fresh look at archaeological evidence from parts of Slavic-speaking Europe north of the Lower Danube, including the present-day territories of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Nothing is known about what the inhabitants of those remote lands called themselves during the sixth century, or whether they spoke a Slavic language. The book engages critically with the archaeological evidence from these regions, and questions its association with the "Slavs" that has often been taken for granted. It also deals with the linguistic evidence—primarily names of rivers and other bodies of water—that has been used to identify the primordial homeland of the Slavs, and from which their migration towards the Lower Danube is believed to have started. It is precisely in this area that sociolinguistics can offer a serious alternative to the language tree model currently favoured in linguistic paleontology. The question of how best to explain the spread of Slavic remains a controversial issue. This book attempts to provide an answer, and not just a critique of the method of linguistic paleontology upon which the theory of the Slavic migration and homeland relies. The book proposes a model of interpretation that builds upon the idea that (Common) Slavic cannot possibly be the result of Slavic migration. It addresses the question of migration in the archaeology of early medieval Eastern Europe, and makes a strong case for a more nuanced interpretation of the archaeological evidence of mobility. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval history, migration, and the history of Eastern and Central Europe.
Author : Edwin Bryant
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195169476
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture written by Edwin Bryant and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work studies how Indian scholars have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo-Aryans, by questioning the logic assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based.
Author : Sture Ureland
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3832544445
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Glottogenesis and Language Conflicts in Europe written by Sture Ureland and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2017 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consisting of 21 articles is the result of three different symposia held in Zadar (2013), Moscow (2014) and Strasbourg (2016) with focus on two major topics: Glottogenesis and Conflicts in Europe and Safeguarding and protection of European lesser-used languages as formulated in the 1992 EU-Charter. PART I: Univ. of Zadar GLOTTOGENESIS ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT: General Introduction (Ureland), Hamel: From the Ice Age to modern languages SOUTHERN EUROPE: Genesis of French (Schmitt), Italian (Agresti, Begioni) and Spanish (Lüdtke) SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE: Genesis of Croatian (Socanac, Granic, Skelin Horvat/Simicic; Skevin/Markovic; Bulgarian (Choparinova) EASTERN EUROPE: Genesis of Russian (Oleinichenko, Iamshanova) CENTRAL EUROPE: Genesis of Germanic (Krasukhin) WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE: Genesis of (Celtic): (Broderick) NORTHERN EUROPE: Genesis of North Sámi (Weinstock) PART II: Linguistic Institute of the Academy of Sciences Moscow Introduction (Ureland); Report on the Moscow Round Table (De Geer); The LSJ-Project (Steller) PART III: René Schickele-Gesellschaft and Council of Europe, Strasbourg Introduction (Ureland); Kalmyk (Bitkeeva); Latin (Merolle); Colloquium in Strasbourg (Woehrling)
Author : Thomas V. Gamkrelidze
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110815036
Total Pages : 1272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans written by Thomas V. Gamkrelidze and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gamkrelidze and Ivanov’s wide-ranging and interdisciplinary work, superbly translated from Russian, is a must for every student of Indo-European prehistory. Its erudition is unsurpassed, and its unorthodox conclusions are a continuing challenge.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Author : Hans Frede Nielsen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027272778
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154 written by Hans Frede Nielsen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conjunction with two other volumes, which are scheduled to appear later, The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154 aims at giving a comprehensive survey of what by the author is seen as the most interesting aspects of the long history of English from its embryonic stages to the language spoken today in England and America. The present volume spans the period up to A.D. 1154, the year inaugurating the Plantagenet era in England and the year of the last events to be recorded in the annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521386753
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Archaeology and Language written by Colin Renfrew and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-01-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Colin Renfrew directs remarkable new light on the links between archaeology and language, looking specifically at the puzzling similarities that are apparent across the Indo-European family of ancient languages, from Anatolia and Ancient Persia, across Europe and the Indian subcontinent, to regions as remote as Sinkiang in China. Professor Renfrew initiates an original synthesis between modern historical linguistics and the new archaeology of cultural process, boldly proclaiming that it is time to reconsider questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation--issues seriously discredited by the racial theorists of the 1920s and 1930s and, as a result, largely neglected since. Challenging many familiar beliefs, he comes to a new and persuasive conclusion: that primitive forms of the Indo-European language were spoken across Europe some thousands of years earlier than has previously been assumed.
Author : Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110905701
Total Pages : 1000 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Europa Vasconica - Europa Semitica written by Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the theory that the linguistic and cultural landscape of Europe north of the Alps and the Pyrenees was shaped in prehistoric times by the interaction of Indo-European speakers with speakers of languages related to Basque and to Semitic. These influences on the lexicon, grammar, and toponymy of the West Indo-European languages (with special focus on Germanic) are demonstrated in German and English research papers, provided here with summaries, commentaries, and a new introduction in English, and with general and etymological indexes.
Author : Klement Tockner
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0081026137
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Rivers of Europe written by Klement Tockner and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivers of Europe, Second Edition, presents the latest update on the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With even more full-color photographs and maps, the book includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Each chapter includes up to 10 featured rivers, with detailed information on their physiography, hydrology, ecology/biodiversity and human impacts. Rivers selected for specific coverage include the largest, the most natural, and those most affected by humans. This book provides the most comprehensive information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets. - Includes comparison photos of rivers, along with information on the history and management of each river - Presents summary information on hydrological, ecological and freshwater biodiversity patterns and trends of each river - Highlights environmental issues of great importance to citizens and governments, including fragmentation by dams, pollution, introduction of nonnative species and reductions in biodiversity
Author : András Benczúr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319983989
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Advances in Databases and Information Systems written by András Benczúr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, ADBIS 2018, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2018. The 17 regular papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully selected and reviewed from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections such as information extraction and integration; data mining and knowledge discovery; indexing, query processing and optimization; data quality and data cleansing; distributed data platforms, including cloud data systems, key-value stores, and big data systems; and streaming data analysis; web, XML and semi-structured databases.
Author : Jean Manco
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500772908
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings (Revised and Updated Edition) written by Jean Manco and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An ambitious and lucid full narrative account of the peopling of Europe . . . this will undoubtedly provide a base line for future debates on the origins of the Europeans.” —J. P. Mallory, author of In Search of the Indo-Europeans and The Origins of the Irish Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? New research in the fields of archaeology and linguistics, a revolution in the study of genetics, and cutting-edge analysis of ancient DNA are dramatically changing our picture of prehistory, leading us to question what we thought we knew about these ancient peoples. This paradigm-shifting book paints a spirited portrait of a restless people that challenges our established ways of looking at Europe’s past. The story is more complex than at first believed, with new evidence suggesting that the European gene pool was stirred vigorously multiple times. Genetic clues are also enhancing our understanding of European mobility in epochs with written records, including the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, the spread of the Slavs, and the adventures of the Vikings. Now brought completely up to date with all the latest findings from the fast-moving fields of genetics, DNA, and dating, Jean Manco’s highly readable account weaves multiple strands of evidence into a startling new history of the continent, of interest to anyone who wants to truly understand Europeans’ place in the ancient world.
