The story of human activity in the land now known as Egypt streches back some five hundred thousand years to an early stage of present, or so-called Quaternary, era in the history of the earth's surface. As elsewhere on that surface this scarcely conceivable span of time covers only a minute fraction of the story of the land itself, the more recent chapters of which take us back approximately s…
On May 19, 1798 a French fleet under the command of the young general Napoleon Bonaparte sailed from Toulon in order to challenge the power of England in Egypt. He hoped by the conquet of the Nile to construct a French stronghold in the East from which to threaten British power and wealth in India. While the Nile Valley soon fell into French hands, confused political circumstances a home forced…
The primary goals of the American Bison Specialist Group (ABSG), and the intent of this document, are to contribute to the development of comprehensive and viable strategies and management actions to promote conservation and ecological restoration of bison as wildlife where feasible throughout the original range of the species. Conservation and ecological restoration of bison, as wildlife, at t…
The history of early human advance is the history of harvesting prosperity from agricultural innovation. In India, the later Vedic texts (c. 3000–2500 BCE) make frequent references to agricultural technology and practices.Jia Sixie, drawing on over one thousand years of Chinese study in his Qimin Yaoshu, or Essential Techniques for the Common People (535 CE), asserts throughout his work the c…
KEHIDUPAN TUMBUH-TUMBUHAN ( Halaman 1-175) Dalam bagian ini dimulai dengan tanah yang merupakan tambatan bagi semua tanaman yang bertempat di darat. Pembahasan tentang ganggang, cendawan, pakis, tanaman berbiji, bentuk vegetasi, sampai menelaah tentang akar, batang, daun, bunga, dan buahnya. KEHIDUPAN HEWAN ( Halaman 176- ) Bagian tentang kehidupan hewan dimulai dengan hewan invertebrata y…
Peta merupakan cara untuk melukiskan atau sebagaian dari bumi pada sebuah permukaan datar, biasanya pada selembar kertas. Peta mirip dengan gambar foto yang diambil dari pesawat udara ataupun pesawat ruang angkasa. Akan tetapi, gambar foto itu memberikan sangat sedikit informasi dibandingkan dengan informasi yang dapat diberikan oleh peta. Sebagai contohnya, pembuatan peta menggunakan warna, la…