The Nearer East

A 1902 survey of the contemporary political and commercial significance of the Near East, by British archaeologist D. G. Hogarth.

David George Hogarth (Author)

9781108042079, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 December 2011

336 pages, 68 maps
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862–1927) was, when he died, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He was instrumental in launching T. E. Lawrence's career, and himself became acting director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo during the First World War, also attending the Versailles and Sèvres peace conferences. This 1902 book is a regional study of the area from the Balkans to Iran, including north-east Africa. His survey, broadly based in geographical determinism, discusses geology, climate, and communication routes, as well as population distribution, ethnicity, and agriculture - including prescient observations about the conflicts of geography and ethnicity - and provides fascinating evidence for the British perception of the area in the build-up to the conflict. It also illuminates the close relationship between archaeological and political interests in the period and Hogarth's wide-ranging career in both fields.

Preface
Part I: 1. Area and position
2. The Balkan belts
3. The Asian ascent
4. The central upland
5. South-western plains
6. Egypt
7. Structure
8. Climates
9. Physical circumstance
Part II: 10. Distribution of man
11. Grouping
12. Products
13. Communications
14. Life under Balkan conditions
15. Life under west Asian conditions
16. Life under south-west Asian conditions
17. Life under north-east African conditions
18. World relation
Index.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]