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Roman geographies of the Nile : from the late Republic to the early Empire
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ISBN: 9781107177284 9781316822661 9781316628287 1107177286 1316831302 1316829987 1316829650 1316822664 1316628280 1316830640 1316830314 1316831639 1316827674 9781316830642 9781316831632 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press,

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The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan's Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. Considering cultural and political contexts alongside the other Niles that flowed through the Roman world in this period, this book provides a wholly original interpretation of the deeper significance of geographical knowledge during the later Roman Republic and early Principate.

The sad story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, was John Hanning Speke a cad? : looking at the evidence
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ISBN: 0804767882 1429416068 9781429416061 9780804753258 0804753253 9780804755719 080475571X 9780804767880 Year: 2006 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford General Books,

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This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a “cad.” In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war.


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The lived Nile
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ISBN: 1503609669 9781503609662 9781503608672 1503608670 9781503609655 1503609650 Year: 2019 Publisher: Stanford, California


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Nile Water Rights : An International Law Perspective
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ISBN: 3662607964 3662607956 Year: 2020 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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The book provides a comprehensive assessment of the law governing the use and management of the Nile and considers, more broadly, how international water law can guide the development of a legal and institutional framework for cooperation over shared freshwater resources. It defines the current state of international water law and discusses the content of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. On this basis, it assesses the Nile water treaties and the 2010 Cooperative Framework Agreement for the Nile, and examines their compliance with international law, with a specific focus on the legal consequences of South Sudan's secession from Sudan. Moreover, the book recommends important amendments to the 2010 Agreement. Building on these recommendations, it addresses the implementation of the principle of equitable and reasonable use regarding the Nile, illustrating the extent to which the principle can provide a conceptual framework for regulating water use. The book is a valuable resource for academics and practitioners alike as it combines legal assessment with a discussion of how international water law principles can be implemented in practice. “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding international law related to the Nile River basin, including its evolution, current challenges and future prospects.” - Professor Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Chair in Law, Law School, Northumbria University, Newcastle “A true must-read for anyone interested in the developing Nile River legal and institutional regime and in how to implement international water law principles and guidance at the transboundary river basin level. Most notably, the book operationalizes the principle of equitable use and applies it to the Nile, pointing the way forward for the cooperative management of the river’s resources.” - Stefano Burchi, Chairman of the Executive Council, International Association for Water Law (AIDA).


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The Ptolemies, the sea and the Nile : studies in waterborne power
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ISBN: 9781107033351 9781139519649 1139519646 9781107342149 1107342147 1107033357 1107238218 9781107238213 1108436668 9781108436663 1107349338 9781107349339 1107345898 9781107345898 1107348390 9781107348394 1107344646 9781107344648 1299773141 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.

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HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Sea-power --- Piracy --- Puissance maritime --- Piraterie --- History --- Histoire --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Egypt --- Mediterranean Sea --- Red Sea --- Nile River --- Rhodes (Greece) --- Egypte --- Méditerranée --- Rouge, Mer --- Nil (Fleuve) --- Rhodes (Grèce) --- History, Naval --- History. --- Relations --- Histoire navale --- History, Naval. --- Méditerranée --- Rhodes (Grèce) --- Dominion of the sea --- Military power --- Naval policy --- Navy --- Sea, Dominion of the --- Seapower --- Military readiness --- Naval art and science --- Naval history --- Naval strategy --- Navies --- Maritime piracy --- Offenses against public safety --- Rhodes (City) --- Rodi (Greece) --- Rodos (Greece) --- Ródhos (Greece) --- Rūdus (Greece) --- Rhodos (Greece) --- Erythraean Sea --- Sinus Arabicus --- Yam Suf --- Yam Sup --- Bahr en Nīl --- Nahr an Nīl --- Nīl River --- Nilus River --- Mare Nostrum --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Arts and Humanities

The cross and the river
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ISBN: 1588269604 1588261549 9781588261540 9781588269607 9781555879709 9781626371927 162637192X Year: 2002 Publisher: Boulder, Colo. L. Rienner

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The ongoing Egyptian-Ethiopian dispute over the Nile waters is potentially one of the most difficult issues on the current international agenda, central to the very life of the two countries. Analyzing the context of the dispute across a span of more than a thousand years, The Cross and the River delves into the heart of both countries' identities and cultures. Erlich deftly weaves together three themes: the political relationship between successive Ethiopian and Egyptian regimes, the complex connection between the Christian churches in the two countries, and the influence of the Nile river system on Ethiopian and Egyptian definitions of national identity and mutual perceptions of "the Other." Drawing on a vast range of sources, his study is key to an understanding of a bond built on both interdependence and conflict.

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Water resources development --- Islam --- Christianity and other religions --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- Relations --- Christianity. --- Islam. --- Ethiopia --- Egypt --- Nile River --- Abesinija --- Abesiniye --- Abessinien --- Abisinia --- Abissinia --- Abissinii︠a︡ --- Abisynja --- Abyssinia --- Aethiopia --- Alta Ætiopia --- Äthiopien --- Avēssynia --- Demokratische Bundesrepublik Äthiopien --- Ėfiopii︠a︡ --- Empire of Ethiopia --- Éthiopie --- Etiopia --- Etiopie --- Eṭiopiye --- Etiyopiyah --- Etiyopyah --- Etʻovpia --- Etyopiyah --- Etyopyah --- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia --- Federazione etiopica --- Gouvernement impérial d'Éthiopie --- Ḥabash --- Hạbashah --- ʼIḤeDeRi --- Imperial Ethiopian Government --- Ityop --- Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik --- Ityopp'ya --- ʼItyoṗyā --- Motumā céhumsa ʼItyopyā --- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia --- Provisional Military Government of Ethiopia --- Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia --- Repubblica democratica federale d'Etiopia --- República Democrática Federal de Etiopía --- République fédérale démocratique d'Éthiopie --- Transitional Government of Ethiopia --- YaH̲ebratasabʼāwit ʼItyoṗyā gizéyāwi watādarāwi mangeśt --- YaʼItyoṗyā ḥezbāwi dimokrāsiyāwi ripublik --- YaʼItyopyā mangeśt --- YaʼItyoṗyā ne. na. mangeśt --- YaʼItyoṗyā neguśa nagaśt mangeśt --- YaʼItyop̣ya yašegeger mangeśt --- Ye-Ityopp'ya Federalawi Dimokrasiyawi Ripeblik --- YeĪtyopʼiya Fēdēralawī Dēmokrasīyawī Rīpeblīk --- エチオピア --- Echiopia --- Ethiopia (Territory under British occupation, 1941-1942) --- Reserved Areas of Ethiopia (Territory under British occupation, 1942-1955) --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Bahr en Nīl --- Nahr an Nīl --- Nīl River --- Nilus River --- Foreign relations --- International status. --- Ressources en eau --- Christianisme --- Christianity --- Exploitation --- Ethiopie --- Egypte --- Nil (Fleuve) --- International status --- Relations extérieures --- Statut international --- YaʼI.Fé.De.Ri. --- IFeDeRi

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