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Books on: nile river history

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The Cross and the River: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile

Book by Haggai Erlich; L. Rienner, 2002

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Islam, Egypt--Foreign Relations--Ethiopia, Ethiopia--Foreign Relations--Egypt, Islam--Relations--Christianity, Nile River--International Status, Water Resources Development--Egypt, Water Resources Development--Ethiopia

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Haggai Erlich is professor of Middle Eastern and African studies at Tel Aviv University.
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The Nile: The Life-Story of a River

Book by Emil Ludwig, Mary H. Lindsay; Viking Press, 1937

Subjects:

Africa, East--Description And Travel, Nile River

Collections: History, Entire Library

...It is the river that travels...geography or history of the four Nile countries...passed, but the river, the father...ago, the Nile, the begetter...attempt at a history written from...source of the Nile in 1862...forests of history led to this...exploration of this river! Of the five...
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The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; Or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? Looking at the Evidence

Book by W. B. Carnochan; Stanford University Press, 2006

Subjects:

Burton, Richard Francis--Sir--1821-1890--Travel--Nile River, Explorers--Nile River--History--19th Century, Nile River Valley--Discovery And Exploration, Nile River--Discovery And Exploration, Speke, John Hanning--1827-1864

Collections: History, Entire Library

...River. 3. Nile River-Discovery and exploration. 4. Nile River Valley Discovery and exploration. 5. Explorers-Nile River-History-i9th century. I. Title: Sad story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile. II. Title: Was John Hanning Speke a cad?. III...
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Nile Basin Cooperation: A Review of the Literature

Book by Dahilon Yassin Mohamoda; Nordic African Institute, 2003

Subjects:

Nile River Valley, Water-Supply--International Cooperation, Water-Supply--Political Aspects--Nile River Watershed

Collections: History, Entire Library

This paper reviews literature on the Nile basin co-operation and issues related to this process, focusing on more recent publications. The literature on utilization and management of the Nile waters related to basin-wide cooperation efforts has been growing fast during the last decade. This review ...
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This paper reviews literature on the Nile basin co-operation and issues related to this process, focusing on more recent publications. The literature on utilization and management of the Nile waters related to basin-wide cooperation efforts has been growing fast during the last decade. This review discusses and covers a wide range of issues, which include: debate on water scarcity and its potential consequences in general, and its implications for the Nile basin countries in particular; legal aspects of utilization of the Nile waters focusing on the UN Watercourse Convention of 1997; conflicts and major attempts at cooperation; divergent views and interests of the basin countries; and challenges and prospects of the recent basin-wide cooperation.
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The Nile: Histories, Cultures, Myths

Book by Haggai Erlich, Israel Gershoni; Lynne Rienner, 2000

Subjects:

Nile River Valley--Civilization

Collections: History, Entire Library

Egyptians, Ethiopians and Sudanese have often been enemies due to their mutual reliance on the River Nile. Over the centuries their relations have been based on myth and distorted images. This book aims to trace these relations from early medieval times to today.

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Journal Articles on: nile river history

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The Climate and Hydrology of the Upper Blue Nile River

Journal article by Declan Conway; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 166, 2000

Subjects:

Blue Nile River--Environmental aspects, Climatology--Ethiopia, Ethiopia--Environmental aspects, Hydrology--Research, Rivers--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...IAHS: 243-51. Eltahir, E.A.B. 1996 El Nino and the natural variability in the flow of the Nile River. Water Resourc. Res. 32:13-17. Evans, T. 1990 History of Nile flows. In Howell, P.P. and Allan, J.A. (eds) The Nile, resource evaluation, resource...
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Mission Not Yet Accomplished: Managing Water Resources in the Nile River Basin

Journal article by Ashok Swain; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 61, 2008

Subjects:

Water resource management, Water--Management, World Bank--Management

Collections: Entire Library

...Besides the Siteit Dam across Upper Atbara River and the Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project on the Nile, Sudan is increasing the present height of...ever-increasing food imports. Suffering from a long history of famines, Ethiopia continues to be struck...
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The Nile Basin National Determinants of Collective Action

Journal article by Declan Conway; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 171, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Nile Basin National Determinants of Collective Action (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...made here to the effect that international river basin institutions can be no more effective...Three considers the three-level game in the Nile basin: first-level players, the colonial...Ugandas part of the Nile and there is a history of cooperation between Uganda and Egypt...
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The Nile

Journal article by Fouad Ibrahim; The Geographical Review, Vol. 93, 2003

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Nile (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...With his book about The Nile, Robert Collins presents...of the worlds longest river, written with great accuracy...well as of environmental history. One of the authors...south. In periods of low Nile flow the central political...water conflicts with other Nile water users. Collins...
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Review Article: Silt and the Future Development of China's Yellow River

Journal article by Mei Chengrui, Harold E. Dregne; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 167, 2001

Subjects:

River engineering--Environmental aspects, Silt--Environmental aspects, Yellow River--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...a well-documented history was the Zhengguo...tributary of the Yellow River that originated in...Mesopotamia, Yellow River, Nile Valley and Indus...catastrophes in human history -- the threat is...mud down the Yellow River. Editors note...Mahmoud 1983 The River Nile: main water transfer...

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Magazine Articles on: nile river history

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River of Dreams

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 72, April 2000

Subjects:

Discoveries (in geography)--Africa, Explorers--Africa, Lake Victoria--Discovery, exploration, etc., Nile River--Discovery, exploration, etc., Ondaatje, Christopher--Discovery, exploration, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...birth to that river the Nile, the source...powers. "History changed forever...the longest river in the world...into the Nile. "The Victorian...have changed history," says Ondaatje...have changed history." Baker...sources of the Nile. "And why...the Kagera river, and the...
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River of Hope and Promise

Magazine article by Mahmoud Abu Zeid; UN Chronicle, Vol. 38, September 2001

Subjects:

Biosphere--Research, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change--Reports, Nile River--Description and travel, Water pollution--Care and treatment

Collections: Entire Library

...water resources in many river basins has led to major...endowments and rich cultural history of the Nile Basin, its people face...and management of the River Nile for the benefit of all...for the Basin. The River Nile is truly the "river of...
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Cairo Consolidates Its Regional Role

Magazine article by Al J. Venter; The Middle East, December 1999

Subjects:

Economic development--Egypt, Egypt--Foreign relations, International relations--Egypt, Nile River--Regulation

Collections: Entire Library

...The Egyptians consider the Nile a sacred river, the source of all life and prosperity...to their rulers if it becomes clear that Nile waters are being brought to the enemy of...people of Palestine ... The project has a history. A contract for the sub-Suez siphon (which...
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Great Scot

Magazine article by Miles Bredin; Geographical, Vol. 72, March 2000

Subjects:

Bruce, James--Biography, Nile River--Research, Physical geography--Africa, Rivers--Africa, Watersheds--Africa

Collections: Entire Library

...Nile. Gishe Abbay is the source of a small river called the Little Abbay which is thought to flow into Lake Tana opposite the real Blue Nile. Five-sixths of the Niles water comes from...from southwest to northeast. Ancient history: that the Great Rift Valley is the cradle...
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Nile

Magazine article by Nick Harrison; Geographical, Vol. 76, April 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Nile (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...and natural history of the worlds...them all, the Nile. Written by...and around the river through beautiful...three chapters, Nile begins by looking...between the river and the growth...following the river through the...brownish-green Blue Nile and the brownish-grey...longest kiss in history", is one of...

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Newspaper Articles on: nile river history

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JOIN THE NILE HIGH CLUB; - Treasure: The River Nile in Egypt and, Inset, Carla Bruni

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 2, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...HIGH CLUB; - Treasure: The River Nile in Egypt and, Inset, Carla...classical civilisation and history ofart at A-leveland another...and a short cruise up the Nile. I felt we experienced...A four-night, five-star Nile cruise, plusthree nights...
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IN DENILE DISNEY; (1) AFRICAN ADVENTURE: A Leisurely Cruise Down the Nile in Animal Kingdom (2) OUR FRIEND MICKEY: Daniel and Eleanor Get to Know a Certain Mouse. Above: The Scary Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 17, 2008

Subjects:

Cruise lines, Railroads

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the young ones smiling at www.travelmail.co.uk down theKali River rapids, the heavens open, with a tropical downpour worthy of...probably more relevant now than itever has been in its 30-year history. But as well as the environmental displays, such as a magnificent...
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In the Footsteps of the Pharaohs A Journey along the Nile Leads You through the Heart of Egypt's History

Newspaper article by Kathy Rodeghier; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 10, 2007

Subjects:

Archaeology

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Heart of Egypts History. by Kathy Rodeghier...passengers cruising the Nile, take your breath...cruised the famous river last February. Its...camera pointing up river. Service in the dining...each dock along the Nile, boats tie up alongside...ancient Egyptian history. Unless you are a...
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We've Discovered the New Source of the Nile

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 1, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Zealanders Cam McLeay and Garth McIntyre made history by becoming the first to travel the entire length of the river, using inflatable speedboats for all but...Dismissing the established thinking that the Nile begins in Lake Victoria, they traced it...
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The Battle of the Nile; BRITISH EXPLORER REVEALS TERRIFYING RAPIDS THAT GUARDED RIVER'S SOURCE

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 6, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...discovering the real source of the Nile. Garth MacIntyre was pictured...on Saturday, found the mighty river was at least 66 miles longer...their awesome achievement. History has been rewritten, he said...wading through the fast-running Nile waters and crawling through...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: nile river history

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Missouri , River, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...making it the worlds third longest river after the Nile and the Amazon. The Missouri River drains an area of c.580,000 sq mi (1,502,200 sq...and wildlife due to the damming of the river. History The Missouri River was an important artery of...
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Mississippi , River, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...property damage. The narrow river channel that has been created...lowest point in recorded history and halted most river traffic. History The Spanish explorer...P. V. Scarpino, Great River: An Environmental History of the Upper Mississippi...
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Alexandria , City, Egypt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...western extremity of the Nile River delta, situated on a narrow...older (east) harbor. History Alexandria, founded...when the canal to the Nile silted up. During his...Mahmudiyah Canal to the Nile was completed by Muhammad...
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Egypt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...operate openly at times. Administratively, Egypt is divided into 26 governorates. History The Ancient Empire of the Nile The valley of the "long river between the deserts," with the annual floods, deposits of life-giving silt, and year-long...
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Sudan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Sudan is the Nile River, which with its tributaries...including the Atbara, Blue Nile, and White Nile rivers...divided into 25 states. History Early History Northeast Sudan, called...fourth cataract of the Nile (near modern Karima...

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