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Klappentext The central theme of this book is the changing spatial pattern of human activities during the last 2,500 years of Europe's history. Professor Pounds argues that three factors have determined the locations of human activities: the environment, the attitudes and forms of social organization of the many different peoples of Europe, and, lastly, the levels of technology. Zusammenfassung The central theme of this book is the changing spatial pattern of human activities during the last 2!500 years of Europe's history. Professor Pounds argues that three factors have determined the locations of human activities: the environment! the attitudes and forms of social organization of the many different peoples of Europe! and lastly! the levels of technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. The physical basis of European history; Part I. The classical civilisations; 2. Europe in the classical period; Part II. The Middle Ages; 3. From the second to the ninth century; 4. Europe in the age of Charlemagne; 5. From the ninth to the fourteenth century; 7. The late Middle Ages; Part III. Modern Europe; 8. Renaissance Europe; 9. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century; Part IV. The Industrial Revolution and after; 10. Europe on the eve of the Industrial Revolution; 11. The nineteenth century; 12. Europe on the eve of World War I; Index.
