The Kurds : a concise handbook / Mehrdad R. Izady.
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Crane Russak,
©1992.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of Maps ; List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Preface ; Notes on Sources, Spelling and Other Observations; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1: GEOGRAPHY ; Boundaries & Political Geography.
- Plotting the Geographical Distribution of Kurds Internal Subdivisions ; Chapter 2: LAND & ENVIRONMENT ; Terrain ; Geology ; Climate & Rainfall ; Environment & Ecology ; Flora & Fauna ; Chapter 3: HISTORY ; Prehistory & Early Technological Development: 10,000-3000 BC.
- Agricultural Technology and the Spread of the Indo-European LanguageHistorical Periods ; Ancient: 3000-400 BC ; Classical: 5th Century BC to 6th Century AD ; Medieval: 6th to 16th Century AD ; Early Modern: 1497-1918 ; Modern: 1919-1959 ; Recent: 1960-Present ; Chapter 4: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ; Physical Anthropology ; Tribes.
- Historical Migrations Emigrations & Diaspora ; Deportations & Forced Resettlements ; Integration & Assimilation ; Demography ; Future Trends ; Urbanization & Urban Centers ; Ethnic Minorities in Kurdistan ; Chapter 5: RELIGION ; Overview ; Islam; Cult of Angels; Yarsanism ; Alevism.
- Yezidism Sufi Mystic Orders ; Judaism ; Christianity ; Babism & Baha'ism ; Chapter 6: LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, & PRESS ; Language ; Kurmanji ; Pahlawani ; Laki ; Literature ; Education ; Press & Electronic Mass Media ; Chapter 7: SOCIETY ; National Identity.