10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BOSPORUS»
Discover the use of
the Bosporus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Bosporus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Jewish Manumission Inscriptions of
the Bosporus Kingdom:
The Corpus of Inscriptions The corpus of extant manumissions from the Bosporus
comprises sixteen inscriptions,' several of which are highly fragmentary: CIRB 69,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 985, 1021, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, and 1128; Af£ ...
Elizabeth Leigh Gibson, 1999
2
Bougainvillea along
the Bosporus: City of Love
One of the sights that always had drawn his attention in Istanbul was when a
warship of the American, Russian or English Navies sailed through the Bosporus
onitsjourney to or from the Black Sea. Seeing the giantships glidingpast his little ...
3
Immersed Tunnel Techniques: Proceedings of
the Conference
Marine and land borings, geophysical, bathymmetric and hydrographic surveys
were performed to study the feasibility and complete the preliminary design for a
railroad tunnel crossing under the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey. A tube tunnel ...
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1990
4
Herod and Augustus: Papers Presented at
the IJS Conference, ...
We do not exactly know in which circumstance the two Bosporan cities of
Panticapeion and Phanagoria were renamed as Caesarea and Agrippeia, but
Josephus reports an expedition to the Bosporus which Agrippa undertook
immediately ...
David M. Jacobson, Nikos Kokkinos, 2009
5
The Caspian: Politics, Energy and Security
However, the incidence of marine accidents in the Bosporus are significantly
higher than in these channels (6 Bosporus marine accidents per million transit
miles, versus 3 in the Suez Canal, and 0.2 in the Mississippi River). These
statistics ...
6
Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology
time, denser water from the deeper layers of the Sea of Marmara flows northward
along the floor of the Bosporus, which slopes toward the Black Sea basin. It is this
deeper counter current, flowing northward, that cuts the canal steadily deeper.
Joel W. Iledgpeth and Harry S. Ladd, 1957
7
Photography's Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation
As the viewer turns the pages, the album depicts the official buildings along the
Bosporus, such as the British Embassy in Tarabya, along with the embassies'
rowboats. Thereafter, the album's content crosses the Bosporus to the Asian side
to ...
Ali Behdad, Luke Gartlan, 2013
8
History: Fiction Or Science?
The pilgrim ship is approaching a coastal town; one can distinctly see a bay –
most probably the Golden Horn, which would identify the city as Czar-Grad on the
Bosporus. Therefore, the Evangelical Jerusalem (the Holy Land) was identified
as ...
9
The Turkish-American Relationship Between 1947 and 2003:
The ...
48-49; Vali, Bridge Across the Bosporus, p. 161; Sezai Orkunt, "NATO, Milli
Guvenlik ve Otesi", Cumhuriyet, 10 April 1968, p. 2; Abdi ipekci, "NATO Sorunu",
Milliyet, 20 May 1970; Turhan Feyzioglu, MMTD, 23 May 1970, term 3, sess. 1,
vol.
10
The Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security
A narrow, treacherous, 19-mile strait (with rapid currents) that is 700 meters wide
at its narrowest point, the Bosporus divides Istanbul - a city of 12 million people.
The Russian government and American oil companies have characterized ...
William Ascher, Natalia Mirovitskaya, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BOSPORUS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Bosporus is used in the context of the following news items.
Installation explores the future of the Bosporus
Named Oilella, the tanker catches the attention of Istanbul residents who are surprised to see such a colossal object moving through the Bosporus. To their ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
Ship crashing into mansion raises concerns of Bosphorus safety
A ship crashed into a waterfront mansion on the Bosporus on Tuesday, triggering safety fears about an international route filled with enormous vessels ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
Land on Bosporus converted to cemetery for pro-AK Party families
Part of a grove of trees on the Bosporus in which the historic Vahdettin Mansion is situated has been turned into a cemetery for families that are close to the ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
SALT Beyoğlu installation highlights the Bosporus as peculiar oil …
Simply titled “Strait,” the installation that is presented in the Forum section of SALT Beyoğlu offers both a physical and imagined representation of the Bosporus ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
Graft scandal figure Zarrab illegally adds extra floor to Bosporus …
17, 2013 corruption and bribery operation, has illegally added an extra floor to a historic waterfront mansion on the Bosporus although it is prohibited to modify ... «Today's Zaman, May 15»
Turkey Says No to LNG Tankers in the Bosporus Strait, Cuts off …
Turkey announced that it will not allow the passage of tankers with liquefied natural gas (LNG) across the Bosporus Strait for fuel supplies to Ukraine, Turkish ... «Oil & Gas 360, Mar 15»
Gov't unveils $3.5 billion, 3-level Bosporus tube project
The Turkish government on Friday unveiled a $3.5 billion “mega project” to build a three-level tube crossing under the Bosporus, claiming that it will ease ... «Today's Zaman, Feb 15»
Bosporus Strait, port of Novorossiisk shut due to bad weather …
"The Bosporus closed at 12.30 hrs [local time] due to snow and low visibility," said a local port agent. Shipping sources say there are currently nine tankers over ... «Platts, Feb 15»
Mongolian couple's walk along the Bosporus ends tragically
The young man drowned when he fell from a wall overlooking the Bosporus outside the upscale Four Seasons hotel in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district where he was ... «Daily Sabah, Feb 15»
Winter African Winds Howl, Bringing Surf And Red Dust To Istanbul
It was a lodos weekend in Istanbul, as warm, dusty winds from Africa howled up the Bosporus, sending waves crashing over the shore and snatching ... «NPR, Feb 15»
