Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia - Geography
Geography is the study of the locational and spatial variation of both natural and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Structure Of Geography
William Hughes - who taught the geography of the Holy Lands to divinity students at King's College London - defined geography in an addre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - Biblical Literalism And The Ark Narrative
Many conservative Christians (especially in the United States) and Orthodox Jews are believers in Biblical inerrancy, the concept that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gajah Mada: Encyclopedia Ii - Gajah Mada - Sumpah Palapa
It was said that during his appointment, Gajah Mada made his famous oath, Sumpah Palapa. It was stated on Pararaton (Book of Kings), an a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travel Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Travel Literature - History
One of the earliest known records of taking pleasure in travel, of traveling for the sake of travel and writting about it, is Petrarch's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travel Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Travel Literature - History
One of the earliest known records of taking pleasure in travel, of traveling for the sake of travel and writing about it, is Petrarch's a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Structure Of Geography
William Hughes - who taught the geography of the Holy Lands to divinity students at King's College London - defined geography in an addre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gajah Mada: Encyclopedia Ii - Gajah Mada - Rose As Mahapatih
Not much is known about Gajah Mada's early life. Among the first accounts of Gajahmada's live is his career as commander of Bhayangkara, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Related Fields
Geography - Urban regional and spatial planning. Urban planning, regional planning and spatial planning use the science of geography to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gajah Mada: Encyclopedia Ii - Gajah Mada - Bubat Accident
In 1357, the only remaining state refusing to acknowledge Majapahit's supremacy was Sunda, in West Java, which was located in Majapahit's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - History Of Geography
The Greeks are the first known culture to actively explore geography as a science and philosophy. Mapping by the Romans as they explored ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Geographic Techniques
As spatial interrelationships are key to this synoptic science, maps are a key tool. Classical cartography has been joined by a more mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - Modern Allusions
In Western culture, the image of Noah's Ark with its many animals has come to symbolise wildlife preservation movements. Noah's Ark toys ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - Other Flood Accounts
Noah's Ark - Mesopotamian flood stories. The majority of modern scholars accept the thesis that the Biblical flood story is linked to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Related Fields
Geography - Urban and regional planning. Urban planning and regional planning use the science of geography to assist in determining how...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Geographic Techniques
As spatial interrelationships are key to this synoptic science, maps are a key tool. Classical cartography has been joined by a more mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - History Of Geography
The Greeks are the first known culture to actively explore geography as a science and philosophy. Mapping by the Romans as they explored ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travel Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Travel Literature - Types Of Travelogues
Some great travel writers are specialists in the field. The Americans Paul Theroux, and William Least Heat-Moon, the Welsh author, Jan Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - Narrative
This is the story of Noah's Ark according to chapters 6 to 9 of the Book of Genesis: God, seeing that man had become dedicated to evil, d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - The Ark Narrative And Earth History
In the 16th and 17th centuries, biblical scholars such as Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) and Athanasius Kircher (c.1601-1680) began to study ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - The Ark In Rabbinic And Islamic Tradition
Noah's Ark - In Rabbinic tradition. According to Jewish Rabbinic literature from the first centuries of the Christian era, Noah planted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - Textual Analysis The Documentary Hypothesis And The Ark Narrative
The 87 verses of the Ark narrative present a story of great power and poetry, but they also leave an impression of occasional confusion -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah's Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah's Ark - The Search For Noah's Ark
From Eusebius' time to the modern day, the physical Noah's Ark has held a fascination for Christians - although not for Jews and Muslims,...   » Read the article