Zwischen Projektion und Dekonstruktion Mediterranismus oder Vom Nutzen und Nachteil einer Denkfigur zur Erforschung des ›südlichen Blicks‹

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Dieter Heimböckel
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
The South ◽  
Intercultural Studies ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Anglo American

Abstract As a reaction to the postcolonial invention of the Mediterranean in the Anglo-American anthropology of the 1960’s and 1970’s and following Edward Said’s ›Orientalism‹, ›Mediterraneanism‹ serves as a concept for exploring the ›southern perspective‹ of scientists from the North. While initially, in the present article, the term was intended to be used in order to capture the intercultural perspective of literature on the South, this was precluded by epistemological and practical reasons. The article discusses these issues by critically examining the background and foundations of the notion in question, by comparing its different conceptualisations depending on the discipline and provenance of their authors, and by analysing the possibilities of its application in Intercultural Studies.

Middle Bronze Age Long Distance Exchange through Europe and Beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-274
Author(s):  
Flemming Kaul
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Glass Beads ◽  
The South ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Blue Glass ◽  
The North ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract The introduction of the folding stool and the single-edged razor into Southern Scandinavia, as well as the testimony of chariot use during the Nordic Bronze Age Period II (1500-1300 BC), give evidence of the transfer of ideas from the Mediterranean to the North. Recent analyses of the chemical composition of blue glass beads from well-dated Danish Bronze Age burials have revealed evidence for the opening of long distance exchange routes around 1400 BC between Egypt, Mesopotamia and South Scandinavia. When including comparative material from glass workshops in Egypt and finds of glass from Mesopotamia, it becomes clear that glass from those distant lands reached Scandinavia. The routes of exchange can be traced through Europe based on finds of amber from the North and glass from the South.

IV.—The Carrara, Massa, and Versilia Marble District

1915 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 554-565
Author(s):  
C. S. Du Riche Preller
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Maximum Height ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Apuan Alps ◽  
Marble Industry

The range of the Apuan Alps, commonly called the Carrara Mountains, is an offshoot of the Apennines, trending N.N.W. to S.S.E., parallel to the Mediterranean littoral, from which it rises within a distance of barely four miles to a maximum height of 6,000 feet above sea-level. Exclusive of the outer belt of the more recent strata, the Triassic formation, within which the saccharoidal marble beds are situated, covers about 25 by 13 kilometres or about 130 square miles, of which the marble zone proper represents 64 square miles or about half. The range is bounded on the north by the Aullela valley in the Lunigiana district; on the east by the Serchio valley in the Garfagnana district; and on the south by the Serchio valley in the Province of Lucca. The marble district, whose western part faces the Mediterranean, comprises the three divisions of Carrara, Massa, and the Versilia in the corresponding parallel valleys of the Carrione, Frigido, and Serravezza Rivers. The Versilia division, which forms part of the Province of Lucca, is composed of the Seravezza, Stazzema, and Arni subdivisions, of which the last-named lies on the eastern watershed of the Apuan range. The Versilia division also includes Pietrasanta, Camajore, Massarosa, and the wellknown watering-place of Viareggio, near the last-named of which are situated extensive subaqueous deposits of a peculiarly coarse-grained, sharp macigno sand. These deposits, formed as a delta in a lacustrine expanse by the River Serchio, constitute an important and indispensable adjunct of the marble industry as grinding material for the numerous marble saw-mills in the three parallel valleys already referred to.

Ino-Leukothea between East and West

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margalit Finkelberg
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Complex Network ◽  
Near East ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Native Population ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Of Greece

AbstractUntil recently it has generally been taken for granted that cultural contacts between the Aegean and the Near East invariably proceeded in one direction, from East to West. It seems, however, that recent archaeological discoveries are about to change this picture. As these discoveries demonstrate, with the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization some Bronze Age populations of Greece migrated to the Levant and settled along the Mediterranean coast from Tarsos in the north to Ashkelon in the south, eventually to be assimilated into the native population. This fact suggests a much more complex network of relations between the Aegean and the Near East than the simple one-sided cultural dependence which has usually been postulated.

A sub-regional approach for the analysis of atmospheric teleconnection influence on precipitation in Calabria (southern Italy)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Nils Caroletti ◽  
Roberto Coscarelli ◽  
Tommaso Caloiero
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Monthly Precipitation ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Zone ◽  
Teleconnection Indices ◽  
Western Zone ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Oscillation

<p>Due to the importance of precipitation as a climatic and meteorological variable, it is paramount to detect the relationships between teleconnections and precipitation at different temporal and spatial scale. In fact, large-scale systems can i) influence precipitation directly, ii) establish a favourable environment to deep moist convection, and thus extreme precipitation, but also iii) help triggering dry conditions and drought.</p><p>In this study, developed within the INDECIS EU project, the teleconnection influence on precipitation in the Calabria region has been evaluated over the 1981-2010 time period, by means of a database of 79 rain gauge stations and seven teleconnections indices. Calabria, the southernmost region of peninsular Italy, was chosen as a valuable test bed mainly because it is located in the centre of the Mediterranean region, which constitutes a hot spot for climate change. Moreover, Calabria has a high-density, long-time network of precipitation gauges, recently validated and homogenized.</p><p>Statistical relationships between teleconnection indices and precipitation are often developed through well-known correlation analyses techniques, e.g. Pearson, Spearman and Kendall, where a teleconnection index is compared to cumulated precipitation values. In this study, three types of correlation analysis were performed: i) seasonal indices vs seasonal cumulated precipitation; ii) three-month indices vs monthly cumulated precipitation; iii) monthly indices vs monthly cumulated precipitation. These analyses have been performed in five Rainfall Zones (RZs) of the study area, characterised by different climatic conditions: the North-Eastern Zone (I1), the Central-Eastern Zone (I2) and the South-Eastern Zone (I3) on the Ionian side of Calabria and the North-Western Zone (T1) and the South-Western Zone (T2) on the Tyrrhenian part.</p><p>Results showed that the Mediterranean Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation are the most important large-scale contributors to the precipitation regime of Calabria. Moreover, seasonal Eastern Atlantic pattern influenced seasonal precipitation in the RZs I1 and T1; three-monthly East Atlantic/Western Russian pattern influenced monthly precipitation in the RZs I2 and T1; three-monthly Western Mediterranean Oscillation influenced monthly precipitation in the RZs I3 and T1; while three-monthly El Nino-Southern Oscillation influenced monthly precipitation in the RZ T2.</p><p>Investigating changes in the response of local precipitation and teleconnections throughout the 1951-2010 and 1951-1980 time periods, a change in precipitation response to teleconnection patterns emerged, i.e., in the impact that the Mediterranean Oscillation has on the East coast precipitation (RZs I1-I3), a possible result of natural variation or climate change. In addition, these results have been compared to those obtained with the classical correlation analyses between teleconnection indices and single-station precipitation.</p><p>The approach developed for this study is a general method that, in principle, can be reproduced for any variable for any region and for every teleconnection.</p><p>Acknowledgments:</p><p>The Project INDECIS is part of ERA4CS, an ERA-NET initiated by JPI Climate, and funded by FORMAS (SE), DLR (DE), BMWFW (AT), IFD (DK), MINECO (ES), ANR (FR) with co-funding by the European Union (Grant 690462).</p>

scholarly journals XX. Sketch of the Geology of the Environs of Nice

1818 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Allan
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
Maritime Alps ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Roman Province

Nice is situated on the shore of the Mediterranean, in lat. 43° 41′ 16″ N. and long, east of Greenwich 7° 16′ 37″. The county of which Nice is the capital, was comprehended in the Roman province of the Maritime Alps: it was included, while under the influence of France, in a department to which the same name was given; and now, it is restored to the sovereignty of Piémont, it may be considered as bounded on the west by the Var, which separates it from France, on the north and east by the mountains of Dauphiné and Piémont, and on the south, it is washed by the Mediterranean.

The Carian Coast III

1957 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 58-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Bean ◽  
J. M. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
Previously Treated

This article concludes the account of our joint researches in Caria. In ‘The Cnidia’ (BSA xlvii (1952) 171–212) we treated of the Cnidian Peninsula, and in ‘The Halicarnassus Peninsula’ (BSA 1 (1955) 85–171) of the other salient peninsula of the west Carian coast. Caunus with its environs has been treated by Bean in ‘Notes and Inscriptions from Caunus’ (JHS lxxiii (1953) 10–35, lxxiv (1954) 85–110), and the mainland territory of Rhodes in southern Caria in Fraser and Bean, The Rhodian Peraea and Islands (1954). In the present article we attempt to cover the parts of the west Carian coast not previously treated in our two joint articles, together with the islands adjacent to that coast. In the south we have retrodden some of the ground covered in Rhodian Peraea, especially around and inland from the inner part of the Ceramic Gulf; and in the north we have carried our joint researches into Ionia as far as Teichiussa on the mainland and Leros and Lepsia in the Icarian Sea. We also include some observations on the Cnidian and Halicarnassian peninsulas, supplementing our previous work. In conclusion we discuss briefly the distribution of west Carian dynasties in classical times; and extending our previous observations on Mausolus' remodelling of the habitational network of west Caria, we have tried to give a fuller account of the scope of Hecatomnid enterprise in this direction.

scholarly journals Decolonizando Tarteso en el estudio de la Protohistoria mediterránea.

Anduli ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 159-177
Author(s):  
Pablo González-Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
Historical Narrative ◽  
The South ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Mediterranean

Tartessus has been one of the most controversial subjects in Spanish historiography for the last five centuries, although its mentions date back to the 7th century BC. In this work we analyze how the concept of Tartessus has been extrapolated to each context of historiographic production, and the different uses that have been made of it. To do this, we examine works that deal with the theme and context of Tartessus and analyze the discourse to understand how the historical narrative of the present has been colonizing the past of the southern peninsula. Such analysis has led us to discern that Tartessus, with its colonial connotations, has functioned as a hinge between the north and the south of the peninsula and as the scene of the struggle between east and west within the Mediterranean framework. Hence, Andalusian protohistory has served as a legitimizing basis for claims of the north over the south.

Linguistic Movements and Political Heterogeneity: Rethinking Unification Movement across British and ‘Princely’ Karnataka

2021 ◽  
pp. 239386172110541
Author(s):  
Vijayakumar M. Boratti
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
British India ◽  
The South ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
The North ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Heterogeneous Nature ◽  
Political Differences

Subsequent to the Partition of Bengal in 1905, the consolidation of linguistic identities and movements emerged as an important assertion of core democratic values, positing that governance must be in a language intelligible to the majority. Like other linguistic movements in late-colonial India, the Karnataka Ekikarana (Karnataka unification) movement did not proceed with a spatially uniform logic nor followed a uniform temporality in realising its objectives of uniting Kannada speakers from disparate sub-regions. Attempting to reconcile elite literary ambitions, popular aspirations and political differences, the movement shifted gears through several phases as it worked across multiple territorial jurisdictions and political systems, including the demarcations of British India and princely India. Focussing on the period between 1860 and 1938, the present article examines the heterogeneous nature of the unification movement across British-Karnataka and two Kannada-speaking princely states, namely, Mysore in the south and Jamakhandi in the north. It explores the ways in which the ruling family of ‘model’ Mysore sought legitimacy in embracing their Kannada heritage; in contrast, the Jamakhandi rulers resisted any concession to Kannada linguistic sentiments. The article shows how, in arriving at monolingually indexed territorial entities, the bridging of ‘internal’ frontiers across these divergent political and linguistic contours proved just as crucial as the claiming of dominance over other language groups within an intensely polyglot world.

The Greater Middle East

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Reich ◽  
Sanford R. Silverburg ◽  
David Ettinger
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
World War ◽  
The South ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean

Dating back to biblical times, the area we refer to as the Middle East has, throughout the course of history, defied attempts to precisely define it. Until today, the region’s contours remain shrouded in geographic ambiguity. Through the centuries, the Middle East, or parts thereof, has been variously referred to as “Le Orient,” “Proche Orient,” “Anatolia,” “North Africa,” “the Persian Gulf region,” “Arabian Peninsula,” “the Levant,” “the Fertile Crescent,” “Asia Minor,” “the Maghreb,” “Southwest Asia,” “the Caspian region,” and “Greater Middle East.” Merriam-Webster Geographical Dictionary labels it “an indefinite and unofficial term.” Long before being adopted in common parlance, the term “Middle East” was a Western invention used by military strategists and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries to denote areas to the east of western Europe. As part of the Ottoman Empire, it extended from Algeria in the west to Iraq in the east, parts of Russia and Hungary to the north, and the Arabian Peninsula to the south. The term “Near East,” often used synonymously, was popularized after the dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, referring to the area at the hub of Europe, Africa, and Asia that served as a crossroads and bridge among the three continents and to the various states around the eastern areas of the Mediterranean Sea. After World War II, the geographical demarcation of the Middle East included areas at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, as well as Greece, Turkey, North Africa, and Iran, reflecting the region’s strategic and geopolitical significance in the wake of the Cold War. Although scholars of the area continue to differ in their definitions of the region, this bibliography will focus on the core region generally regarded as the Middle East, bounded by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Egypt to the west, and Yemen to the south. It does not include North Africa, the Sudan, or Central Asia. The first section includes a list of General Overviews and introductory works and those on the region’s Geography, History, Politics, Economics, and International Relations. Important related topics such as Petroleum and Energy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict are also treated. In light of recent developments, we have added the “Arab Spring”. The second section is devoted individually to The Countries of the Middle East. Although the emphasis is on contemporary works, classic titles are included as well, in keeping with the authors’ goal to assist researchers in locating the best works on the region.

Part II. Brak and Chagar Bazar: Buildings and Stratification. Section 1.—Brak

Iraq ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-80
Author(s):  
M. E. L. Mallowan
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean

Tall Brak is situated at approximately the same latitude as Alexandretta and Nineveh, about 300 miles east of the Mediterranean and 130 miles west of the Tigris as the crow flies. The two nearest towns are Nasibin, 46 kilometres to the north and Hasaka, 43 kilometres to the south, where the River Jaghjagha joins the lower Khabur. Brak is within easy reach of water as it lies only four kilometres from the west bank of the River Jaghjagha and its confluence the wadi Radd.

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