Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Samaritans
The Samaritans are a sect numbering about 500 who currently reside in Nablus, on the west bank of the Jordan River in Israeli-occupied Jordan, and in Holon, south of Tel Aviv, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The Samaritans call...
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Open Door Web Site: France in Western Africa
A brief explanation of French imperialist desires and holdings in Western Africa.
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Loc: Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drawing North America, 1872
A map exercise from 1872 for drawing North America. The map shows the general outline of the coasts, major waters and rivers, and a vertical profile cross-section of the continent from the San Francisco Bay area to Cape Hatteras....
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mean Average Temperatures in North America, 1906
A map from 1906 of North America showing the mean annual isotherms of the region given in degrees Fahrenheit. "The climate of North America naturally varies greatly, depending on latitude, the general atmospheric circulation or direction...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Sketch Map of Mid Century Africa, Circa 1850
A map of Africa around the middle of the nineteenth century showing European interests on the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established their territorial claims. The majority of the continent was unexplored at...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Rainfall in North America, 1898
A map from 1898 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general distribution of rainfall in the region. The map shows areas of little or no rainfall to areas of heavy rainfall. The map...
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Unesco: Japan: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and Its Cultural Landscape
The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in the south-west of Honshu Island is a cluster of mountains, rising to 600 m and interspersed by deep river valleys featuring the archaeological remains of large-scale mines, smelting and refining sites and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1800
A map of the United States in 1800 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, the British and French possessions, and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Early United States, 1790
A map of the United States in 1790 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, and the British and Spanish possessions and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Land Claims of the Colonies, 1783
A map of eastern North America showing the land claims of the thirteen original states in 1783, from the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River. The map notes that New York claimed all the lands west of the Alleghany mountains....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1917
A map of the United States and territories showing the expansion from the formation of the original states to the purchase of the Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands) in 1917. The map is color-coded to show the original states, the states...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Arabia, 700 Bc
A map of Arabia and adjacent countries around 700 BC to "Illustrate the historic era at the beginning of records.". This map shows regions of fertile lands, sandy deserts, steppe deserts, and mountain ridges. The Tigris, Euphrates, and...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Population Distribution of China, 1971
A map from 1971 showing comparative population distribution patterns of China and the United States. The map illustrates the terrain barriers to population development in China, and the trend to dense populations along the coast and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Indian Nations, 1775
An early map of the eastern North America from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Mississippi River around 17765, showing the Indian Nations adjoining to the Mississippi, West and East Florida, Georgia, South and North...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Map of the United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the forest regions of the Pacific, Rocky Mountains, Northern Forest in the Great Lakes and New England areas, Southern Forest along the Gulf and East Coast, and the Hardwood Forest. The map...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Bombay, Berar, and Part of Central India, 1912
A map from 1912 of the west-central coast of India, showing the British provinces of Bombay (Mumbai), Berar, Gujarat, and part of the Central India Provinces at the time. The map shows provincial capitals, major cities, ports, railways,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1689
A map of North America, Central America, and the West Indies in 1689 at the beginning of the King William's War (1689-1697), the first of the French and Indian Wars. The map is color-coded to show the claims of the English, French, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Brazil and Guiana, 1911
A map from 1911 showing the British, Dutch, and French Guiana colonies, and eastern Brazil from approximately 60 degrees west of Greenwich to the Atlantic Coast, and from Guiana in the north to Sao Paulo in the south, and the Amazon...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Falkland Islands, 1903
A map from 1903 of the Falkland Islands, located in the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina and under control of Great Britain. The map shows the capital city of Stanley and the settlements of Port Salvador and Port William, the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Essex and Suffolk, 1908
A detailed travel map of southeastern England from 1908, showing portions of East and West Suffolk, and Essex counties. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, coastal and terrain features of the area....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Standard Time Belts, 1898
A map from 1898 showing the Standard Time Belts in the contiguous 48 states as they were then established. "The main body of our country is so broad from east to west that more than three hours are required for rotation to carry it past...
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States Standard Time Belts, 1901
A map from 1901 showing the Standard Time Belts in the contiguous 48 states as they were then established. "The main body of our country is so broad from east to west that more than three hours are required for rotation to carry it past...