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Portraying the Land
The book presents and discusses a large corpus of Jewish maps of the Holy Land that were drawn by Jewish scholars from the 11 th to the 20 th century, and thus fills a significant lacuna both in the history of cartography and in Jewish studies.
The maps depict the biblical borders of the Holy Land, the allotments of the tribes, and the forty years of wanderings in the desert. Most of these maps are in Hebrew although there are several in Yiddish, Ladino and in European languages.
The book focuses on four aspects: it presents an up-to-date corpus of known maps of various types and genres; it suggests a classification of these maps according to their source, shape and content; it presents and analyses the main topics that were depicted in the maps; and it puts the maps in their historical and cultural contexts, both within the Jewish world and the sphere of European cartography of their time.
The book is an innovative contribution to the fields of history of cartography and Jewish studies. It is written for both professional readers and the general public. The Hebrew edition (2014), won the Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize.
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The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict traces not only the tangled and bitter history of the Arab-Jewish struggle from the early twentieth century to the present, including the death of Yasser Arafat and recent proposals for compromise and co-operation, it also illustrates the current moves towards finding peace, and the efforts to bring the horrors of the fighting to an end through negotiation and agreed boundaries. In 227 maps, the complete history of the conflict is revealed, including: The Prelude and Background to the Conflict - from the presence of Jews in Palestine before the Arab conquest to the attitude of Britain to the Arabs and Jews since 1915 The Jewish National Home - from the early Jewish settlement and the Zionist plan for Palestine in 1919 to the involvement of the Arab world from 1945 to the present day The Intensification of the Conflict - from the Arab response to the United Nations partition plan of November 1947 to the declaration of Israeli independence in May 1948 The State of Israel - from the Israeli War of Independence and the Suez and Six Day Wars to the October War (the Yom Kippur War), the first and second intifadas, the suicide-bomb campaign, the Israel-Hezbollah War of 2006, Operation Cast lead against the Gaza Strip in 2009, the Gaza Flotilla of 2012 and Nakba Day 2011 The Moves to find Peace - from the first and second Camp David talks and the death of Arafat, to the continuing search for peace, including the Annapolis Conference, 2007, the work of the Quartet Emissary, Tony Blair 2007-2011, and the ongoing Palestinian search for statehood.
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The Routledge atlas of the Arab-Israeli conflict
\"The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict traces not only the tangled and bitter history of the Arab-Jewish struggle from the early twentieth century to the present, including the death of Yasser Arafat and recent proposals for compromise and co-operation, it also illustrates the current moves towards finding peace, and the efforts to bring the horrors of the fighting to an end through negotiation and agreed boundaries. In 227 maps, the complete history of the conflict is revealed, including : The Prelude and Background to the Conflict-from the presence of Jews in Palestine before the Arab conquest to the attitude of Britain to the Arabs and Jews since 1915, The Jewish National Home-from the early Jewish settlement and the Zionist plan for Palestine in 1919 to the involvement of the Arab world from 1945 to the present day, The Intensification of the Conflict-from the Arab response to the United Nations partition plan of November 1947 to the declaration of Israeli independence in May 1948, The State of Israel-from the Israeli War of Independence and the Suez and Six Day Wars to the October War (the Yom Kippur War), the first and second intifadas, the suicide-bomb campaign, the Israel-Hezbollah War of 2006, Operation Cast lead against the Gaza Strip in 2009, the Gaza Flotilla of 2012 and Nakba Day 2011, The Moves to find Peace-from the first and second Camp David talks and the death of Arafat, to the continuing search for peace, including the Annapolis Conference, 2007, the work of the Quartet Emissary, Tony Blair 2007-2011, and the ongoing Palestinian search for statehood.\"--Back cover.
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A map for Falasteen
\"At school, Falasteen and her classmates are tasked with finding their families' home countries on a map, but no matter how hard she looks, Falasteen can't find Palestine. Can a place exist if it's not on a map? Confused, Falasteen turns to her family for answers\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948
This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. This study shows that the roots of the modern survey system of Palestine are to be sought in the Balfour Declaration and its implications regarding land in Palestine. The land issue was at the core of the mapping of Mandatory Palestine, and it remains as a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
Part 1: The Mapping of Palestine: Historical Background 1. The First Maps Based on Original Surveys 2. The Transitional Period - From the Land Problem Under the Military Administration to the Survey System of the Government of Palestine Part 2: The Survey System 3. Organizing the System 4. Geodetic and Cartographic Considerations Part 3: The Cadastral Survey 5. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1920-1927 6. The Cadastral Maps 7. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1928-1948 Part 4: The Topographic Map 8. The Topographic Map - A National Monument 9. The Topographic Map - Layout, Structure, Sources Part 5: The Map of Mandate Palestine 10. The Map of Palestine and the Imperial Cartographic System
'It is a tribute to Dr Gavish that he has so successfully incorporated and interwined the many threads relating to the survey, personalities involved and the effect of changing national and international politics. The result is an extremely fascinating, readable and learned account of the Survey of Palestine.' - IMCoS Journal
'Dr Dov Gavish of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is to be congratulated for his masterly control of the fascinating subject of his book. The research undertaken has been based on extensive, and quoted, source material.' - IMCoS Journal
'The appearance of this book is to be applauded: Gavish has succeeded... in resurrecting an otherwise forgotten yet nonetheless important cartographic episode.' - Matthew H. Edney, Imago Mundi , Volume 59 Issue 2, 2007
Dov Gavish is Director of the Ariel Photographs Archives, and also lectures in the Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous publications include 50 Years of Mapping Israel, 1948-1999 , Salt of the Earth: From the Palestine Potash to the Dead Sea Works and Land and Map: The Survey of Palestine, 1920-1948 .
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Seismic hazard map of the Middle East
The collaborative project Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME, 2010–2015) brought together scientists and engineers from the leading research institutions in the region and delivered state-of-the-art seismic hazard assessment covering Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey. Their efforts have been materialized in the first homogenized seismic hazard model comprising earthquake catalogues, mapped active faults, strong motions databank, ground motion models and the estimated ground motion values for various intensity measure types and relevant return periods (e.g. 475–5000 years). The reference seismic hazard map of the Middle East, depicts the mean values of peak ground acceleration with a 10% chance of exceedance in 50 years, corresponding to a mean return period of 475 years. A full resolution poster is provided with this contribution.
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Ottoman Maps of the Empire’s Arab Provinces, 1850s to the First World War
In recent years the central Ottoman archive in Istanbul has been gradually releasing and computerizing thousands of maps stored in its collections. Our study introduces 137 maps already available to researchers that focus either directly or indirectly as part of broader presentations of imperial domains on the Ottoman Empire’s Arab provinces. These maps, which all date to between the middle of the nineteenth century and the First World War, differ widely in character, content and function. The maps are briefly described according to their content and set in their historical context.
Depuis quelques années les Archives centrales ottomanes à Istamboul ont progressivement ouvert et informatisé des milliers de cartes conservées dans leurs collections. Notre étude présente 137 cartes déjà accessibles aux chercheurs qui concernent directement ou indirectement, dans le cadre de présentations plus larges des domaines impériaux, les Provinces arabes de l’Empire ottoman. Ces cartes, qui se situent toutes entre le milieu du XIXe siècle et la Première Guerre mondiale, diffèrent largement par leurs caractéristiques, leur contenu et leur fonction. Les cartes sont brièvement décrites selon leur contenu et situées dans leur contexte historique.
Während der letzten Jahre digitalisierte und veröffentlichte das Osmanisches Archiv des Ministerpräsidentenamts (türkisch Basbakanlik Osmanli Arsivi) in Istanbul sukzessive Tausende von Karten, die in seinen Sammlungen aufbewahrt werden. Der Beitrag stellt 137 Karten vor, die der Forschung bereits zugänglich sind und die sich direkt oder indirekt—als Teil einer breiter angelegten Darstellung des Reichs—auf die arabischen Provinzen des osmanischen Herrschaftsbereiches beziehen. Diese Karten, die alle aus der Zeit zwischen der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts und dem Ersten Weltkrieg stammen, unterscheiden sich stark nach Charakter, Inhalt und Funktion. Die Karten werden anhand ihres Inhalts kurz beschrieben und in ihren historischen Kontext gesetzt.
En los últimos años el Archivo Central Otomano en Estambul ha abierto y computarizado progresivamente miles de mapas almacenados en sus colecciones. Nuestro estudio presenta 137 mapas, ya disponibles para los investigadores, centrados directa o indirectamente, como parte de representaciones más amplias de los dominios imperiales, en las Provincias árabes del Imperio otomano. Estos mapas, todos ellos fechados entre la mitad del siglo XIX y la Primera Guerra Mundial, difieren ampliamente en carácter, contenido y función. Los mapas son brevemente descritos atendiendo a su contenido y situados en contexto histórico.
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