1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000191510203316

Autore

Margulis, G. A.

Titolo

Discrete subgroups of semisimple Lie groups / G. A. Margulis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin [etc.] : Springer-Verlag, copyr. 1991

ISBN

3-540-12179-X

Descrizione fisica

IX, 388 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

a series of modernsurveys in mathematics ; 17

Disciplina

51255

Collocazione

510 EMIGR (17)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149374203321

Autore

Dietl Gulshan

Titolo

India and the global game of gas pipelines / / Gulshan Dietl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-30345-0

1-315-30347-7

1-315-30346-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Development

Disciplina

665.74

Soggetti

Natural gas pipelines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Routledge India original"--cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Resource and routes -- pt. 2. The gas troika -- pt. 3. The home truths.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819773603321

Autore

Kennedy D. L. <1948->

Titolo

Gerasa and the Decapolis : a 'virtual island' in northwest Jordan / / David Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-4725-3774-2

1-4725-3773-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Duckworth debates in archaeology

Disciplina

933.5

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Jordan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Decapolis; Principal ancient and modern place-names; List of illustrations; 1. Defining the topic; 1.1. The topic; 1.2. Study area; 1.3. The problem; 1.4. Conclusion; 2. Evidence and methodologies; A. Evidence; 2.1. Scale and survival; B. Methodologies; 2.2. Archaeological interpretation and texts; 2.3. Nomads; 3. The natural and human landscape and environment; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. A 'virtual island'; 3.3. Broad patterns; 3.4. Micro-regions: diversity and difference; 3.5. Natural routes; 3.6. Ancient climate and environment; 3.7. Discussion

4. Settlement4.1. Hellenistic beginnings, c. 300-50 BC; 4.2. Early Rome, c. 50 BC - AD 200; 4.3. Opening up the interior: communications and security, AD 200-350; 4.4. A 'world of villages' ... and churches, AD 350-600; 4.5. Ruling from the margins, AD 600-850; 4.6. Discussion; 5. Population and people; A. Population size; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Population numbers; 5.3. Northwest Jordan; 5.4. Discussion; B. Application; 5.5. Cemeteries; 6. A world of writing; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Writing in the Near East; 6.3. Greeks and Romans; 6.4. The scale of writing; 6.5. Visibility and use

6.6. 'Safaitic' inscriptions6.7. Conclusion; 7. The structures of the Roman state; 7.1. The provinces; 7.2. Provincial governors at work; 7.3. Provincial administration; 7.4. The Roman census; 8. Everyday life; 8.1. Health, disease and poverty; 8.2. Seasonality of birth, marriage and



death in the Decapolis; 8.3. Occupations; 8.4. Markets; 8.5. Miscellaneous; 9. Where to next?; A. Change; 9.1. Overview; 9.2. Explaining change; B. Data and analysis; 9.3. Survey; 9.4. Places; C. Interpretations; 9.5. Nomads and traders; 9.6. Arid-land farming; Bibliography; Index; Place-names; A; B; C; D; E; G

HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; Y; Z; People; A; B; G; H; P; S; U; Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

During the Long Classical Millennium (fourth century BC to eighth century AD), Northwest Jordan was part of two worlds, looking west to the Mediterranean as well as east towards the Arabian desert. It was not only a collection of distinctive micro-regions but a ''virtual island'', isolated by geography on all sides. Here one finds historical and archaeological data of an intensity and quality probably superior to that of any region in the Near East other than Israel.  This book exploits some of that evidence to explain the character of an unusual region with a dense network of cities and an un

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141406003321

Titolo

Acta entomologica Serbica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Beograd, : Entomological Society of Serbia, Faculty of Forestry, 1996-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Entomology

Entomology - Serbia

Entomologie - Serbie-Monténégro

Entomologie - Serbie

Periodicals.

Serbia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico