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- Author: Haim Goren
- Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 352
- ISBN-10: 184885496X
- ISBN-13: 9781848854963
- Format: 15.2 x 23.4 x 3.8 cm, hardcover
- Language: English
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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 powers in the region. This important new book questions this view. Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved. He reveals the important role played by private individuals and establishes a wealth of new connections between the key players; and he reveals for the first time an important Irish nexus. The resulting work adds an important new dimension to our existing understanding of this period.
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- Author: Haim Goren
- Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 352
- ISBN-10: 184885496X
- ISBN-13: 9781848854963
- Format: 15.2 x 23.4 x 3.8 cm, hardcover
- Language: English English
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 powers in the region. This important new book questions this view. Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved. He reveals the important role played by private individuals and establishes a wealth of new connections between the key players; and he reveals for the first time an important Irish nexus. The resulting work adds an important new dimension to our existing understanding of this period.
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