Interesting History Of Djibouti And The Surrounding Areas

Author : Emily Stehr
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976078170
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interesting History of Djibouti and the Surrounding Areas written by Emily Stehr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definition of Djibouti: "1) Formerly French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas. A republic in East Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: a former overseas territory of France; gained independence 1977. 8492 square miles (21,994 square kilometers). "2) A seaport in and the capital of this republic, in the southeast part." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/djibouti R Kirk; Report of the Route from Tajurra to Ankobar, Travelled by the Mission to Shwa, under Charge of Captain WC Harris, Engineers, 1841 (Close of the Dry Season); the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London; 1842 R Kirk writes: "Tajurra, situated on the northern shore of the extensive Bay of Tajurra, in latitude 11 degrees 46 minutes 35 seconds north, and longitude 43 degrees 0 minutes 20 seconds east, is a Dankali town, the residence of Sultan Mahomed, a chief of the Adal tribes. It contains about 300 houses, composed of wooden frame-works covered with matting; and has a population of 1200 or 1500 inhabitants, principally engaged in the trade in slaves and salt with the markets of Aussa and Abyssinia. There is no bazaar at Tajurra, but the smaller supplies can be obtained in exchange for beads, buttons, fish-hooks, or tobacco. The anchorage is very limited and insecure during the southwest monsoon; a plentiful supply of water of good quality is obtained from a well to the northwest of the town, near a group of date-palms; there is no cultivation in the vicinity, and grass or forage for horses is very scarce and obtained with difficulty."

Author : Daoud Aboubaker Alwan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810838734
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Djibouti written by Daoud Aboubaker Alwan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as a country a little more than a century ago, born as an independent republic in June 1977, Djibouti is among the youngest as well as the smallest states in Africa. Yet its strategic location at the crossroads of the maritime trade routes between Africa, Asia and Europe turned this tiny spot on the world map into a vital player in twentieth century geopolitics. This historical dictionary has been conceived not as a history book but as a reading grid for the major historical items that are still molding the country's social, political and economic life.

Author : Emily Stehr
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781720011361
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interesting History of Djibouti [and the Surrounding Areas] written by Emily Stehr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interesting History of Djibouti [and the Surrounding Areas] Definition of Djibouti:

Author : France. Ambassade (U.S.). Service de presse et d'information
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas written by France. Ambassade (U.S.). Service de presse et d'information and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gwen Westerman
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0873518837
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mni Sota Makoce written by Gwen Westerman and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2012 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.

Author : Silvia Bruzzi
Publisher : Centre français des études éthiopiennes
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The First World War from Tripoli to Addis Ababa (1911-1924) written by Silvia Bruzzi and published by Centre français des études éthiopiennes. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a long time now it has been common understanding that Africa played only a marginal role in the First World War. Its reduced theatre of operations appeared irrelevant to the strategic balance of the major powers. This volume is a contribution to the growing body of historical literature that explores the global and social history of the First World War. It questions the supposedly marginal role of Africa during the Great War with a special focus on Northeast Africa. In fact, between 1911 and 1924 a series of influential political and social upheavals took place in the vast expanse between Tripoli and Addis Ababa. The First World War was to profoundly change the local balance of power. This volume consists of fifteen chapters divided into three sections. The essays examine the social, political and operational course of the war and assess its consequences in a region straddling Africa and the Middle East. The relationship between local events and global processes is explored, together with the regional protagonists and their agency. Contrary to the myth still prevailing, the First World War did have both immediate and long-term effects on the region. This book highlights some of the significant aspects associated with it.

Author : Eelco Runia
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231168209
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moved by the Past written by Eelco Runia and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians go to great lengths to avoid confronting discontinuity, searching for explanations as to why such events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, and the introduction of the euro logically develop from what came before. Moved by the Past radically breaks with this tradition of predating the past, incites us to fully acknowledge the discontinuous nature of discontinuities, and proposes to use the fact that history is propelled by unforeseeable leaps and bounds as a starting point for a truly evolutionary conception of history. Integrating research from a variety of disciplines, Eelco Runia identifies two modes of being “moved by the past”: regressive and revolutionary. In the regressive mode, the past may either overwhelm us—as in nostalgia—or provoke us to act out what we believe to be solidly dead. When we are moved by the past in a revolutionary sense, we may be said to embody history: we burn our bridges behind us and create accomplished facts we have no choice but to live up to. It is the final thesis of Moved by the Past: humans energize their own evolution by habitually creating situations (“catastrophes” or sublime historical events) that put a premium on mutations. Moved by the Past therefore offers an account of how every now and then we chase ourselves away from what we were and force ourselves to become what we are. Proposing a simple yet radical change in perspective, Runia profoundly reorients how we think and theorize about history.

Author : Timothy J. LeCain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110713417X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Matter of History written by Timothy J. LeCain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Matter of History links the history of people with the history of things through a bold new materialist theory of the past.

Author : Rachel Jones
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781794559417
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcome to Djibouti written by Rachel Jones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you moving to Djibouti? Coming for a relaxing or exciting vacation? Finding up-to-date information and contact details for schools to tour guides in this beautiful country can be a challenge. Welcome to Djibouti is the best place to start. This edition includes maps, downloadable through Google Maps, suggested itineraries, updated information about the train and the new shopping mall, websites and contact info for tour guides, and the latest on hotels, restaurants, schools, and more. Welcome to Djibouti is compiled by Rachel Jones, of the Djibouti Jones website, the go-to site for English speakers. She aims to be relentlessly helpful as people explore this country and establish their families here.

Author : Elmore Leonard
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062008315
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Djibouti LP written by Elmore Leonard and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elmore Leonard, New York Times bestselling author and "the hippest, funniest national treasure in sight" (Washington Post), brings his trademark wit and inimitable style to this twisting, gripping—and sometimes playful—tale of modern-day piracy Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered the rape of Bosnian women, neo-Nazi white supremacists, and post-Katrina New Orleans, and has won awards for all three. Now, looking for a bigger challenge, Dara and her right-hand-man, Xavier LeBo, a six-foot-six, seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, head to Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, to film modern-day pirates hijacking merchant ships. They learn soon enough that almost no one in the Middle East is who he seems to be. The most successful pirate, driving his Mercedes around Djibouti, appears to be a good guy, but his pal, a cultured Saudi diplomat, has dubious connections. Billy Wynn, a Texas billionaire, plays mysterious roles as the mood strikes him. He's promised his girlfriend, Helene, a nifty fashion model, that he'll marry her if she doesn't become seasick or bored while circling the world on his yacht. And there's Jama Raisuli, a black al Qaeda terrorist from Miami, who's vowed to blow up something big. What Dara and Xavier have to decide, besides the best way to stay alive: Should they shoot the action as a documentary or turn it into a Hollywood feature film?