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The Dead Sea and the Jordan River /
"For centuries travelers have been drawn to the stunning and mysterious Dead Sea and Jordan River, a region which is unlike any other on earth in its religious and historical significance. In this exceptionally engaging and readable book, Barbara Kreiger chronicles the natural and human history...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Indianapolis :
Indiana University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Usage; Part One This Strange Water; 1 Some Early History, Travelers, and Myths; Part Two Nineteenth-Century Exploration; 2 Three Sailors and a River; 3 Along the Briny Strand; Part Three Origins and Evolution; 4 The Life of a Lake; Part Four Further Exploration; 5 A Gentleman from Siberia; 6 A Lake Divided; Part Five The Twenty-First Century; 7 The River and Lake in Distress; 8 Reclamation and a Vision of the Future; Sources and Notes; Index.