Geography and world power

Geography and world power / by James Fairgrieve.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fairgrieve, James, 1870-1953
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : University of London Press, 1921.
Edition:	2nd edition revised and enlarged with new maps
Subjects:	Human geography. Civilization > History. Political geography. Geopolitics. History.

Table of Contents:

The desert: the beginnings of history: Egypt
Marsh and Steppe: Babylonia and Assyria
The ways: Palestine and Phoenicia
The sea: Greece, Carthage
Contrast between sea and land: highland and lowland: Rome
The plain: invading tribes
The oases: Mohammedanism
The ocean: the discovery: Iberia
The ocean: ocean power: Holland and France
The ocean: ocean empire: Britain
The forest: Russia, Germany
The land of rivers: China
The warm land: India
The African grasslands: spheres of influence
The new world: history before Columbus: Spanish America
Coal: the greater land distributions: the United States
The future possibilities.