Dead Sea level : science, exploration and imperial interests in the Near East /
In the nineteenth century the Dead Sea and the Tigris-Euphrates river system had great political significance: the one as a possible gateway for a Russian invasion of Egypt, the other as a potentially faster route to India. This is the traditional explanation for the presence of the international po...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2011.
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| Series: | Tauris historical geography series ;
v. 6. |
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