books of descriptive geography
11Qamun — Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine name=Qamun imgsize= caption= arname=قامون meaning= Cumin altSp= district=hf population= popyear= area= areakm= date=before 1 March 1948 cause=E cause2=F curlocl=YokneamQamun ( ar. قامون, Kaimôn , meaning… …
12Thomas Fuller — (1608 ndash; August 16, 1661) was an English churchman and historian.LifeThe eldest son of Thomas Fuller, rector of Aldwinkle St Peter s, Northamptonshire, he was born at his father s rectory and was baptised on June 19 1608. Dr John Davenant,… …
13Taiwan — /tuy wahn /, n. Wade Giles, Pinyin. a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895 1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Formosa. * *… …
14Protestantism — • Discussion of Protestant beliefs and doctrines Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Protestantism Protestantism † …
15Shfaram Ancient Synagogue — The Shfaram Ancient Synagogue is located in the Israeli Arab city of Shfaram, Northern Israel. Shfaram was noted in 1845 by Rabbi Joseph Schwarz in his book Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine as having about thirty… …
16literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
17Social sciences — The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology …
18Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
19Early world maps — Ptolemy s world map (2nd century) in a 15th century reconstruction Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period …
20History of cartography — The Fra Mauro map, one of the greatest memorial of medieval cartography, was made around 1450 by the Venetian monk Fra Mauro. It is a circular world map drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame, about two meters in diameter Cartography (from… …
