depression
depression 1. Enclosed area of low pressure revealed by the pattern of pressure distribution. Depressions are also described as cyclones, or cyclonic systems, and have a characteristic pattern of wind circulation (anticlockwise around low pressure areas in the northern hemisphere). Mid-latitude depressions are associated with the convergence of polar and tropical
air masses along a frontal zone: this commonly becomes deformed, and each air mass in turn advances over parts near (especially south of) the depression path, bringing first a warm and then a cold front.
2. The downward convexing of a
crest line in a non-
cylindroidal fold.
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Uruk Mesopotamia and its neighbors: cross-cultural interactions in the era of state formation. (Book Reviews: Archaeology).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...ROTHMAN, MITCHELL S. (ed.). Unik Mesopotamia and its neighbors: cross-cultural...those who originally worked in southern Mesopotamia to shift the focus of fieldwork into...out of the alluvial plains of southern Mesopotamia into the peripheral regions of Greater...
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Mesopotamia: The Material Foundations. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Oppenheim's now classic Ancient Mesopotamia (1964; 1977) and, on the other...cuneiform specialist, has shown in Early Mesopotamia: society and economy at the dawn of...less than its title might indicate. Mesopotamia here is predominantly southern Iraq...
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Making stone vessels in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...jars and vessels of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia made? An experimental test of materials...the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods of Mesopotamia (c. 3600--2900 BC) and the Gerzean...of stone vessels. And craftsmen from Mesopotamia and Egypt necessarily developed similar...
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Ancient Mesopotamia.(Gentle Breeze)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 3/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...Favis Villafuerte IN ancient history, Mesopotamia refers to the place between the Tigris...the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, Mesopotamia is known by the following Hebrew names...2 in the New Testament, the word Mesopotamia is used. Today, ancient Mesopotamia...
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Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians.(Dictionaries of Civilization, vol. 1)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians...to call this book "Highlights from Mesopotamia." This is a handsome and lavishly...narrow and traditional understanding of Mesopotamia history. This is a book about highlights...
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Hallowed Mesopotamia Station carved up under Govt scheme
Newspaper article from: The Press; 4/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...revered sheep stations, the 26,000ha Mesopotamia, have reached a deal with the Government...tourism concession over the 21,000ha. Mesopotamia, about 95km inland from Timaru, was...story but their long association with Mesopotamia will make the transaction a bitter...
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TEACHING WEB SITE HIGHLIGHTS GIFTS OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...digging into the secrets of ancient Mesopotamia through a teaching Web site that lets...excavated artifacts. The Web site, Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History, examines...Library Services. "We needed to bring Mesopotamia out of the textbook and into the virtual...
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From Mesopotamia to Iraq.(FROM PAST TO PRESENT)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the principal powers that have ruled Mesopotamia since the death of Nebuchadnezzar II...half of the seventh century A.D., Mesopotamia gradually came under the influence of...Mongols from eastern Asia invaded Mesopotamia and sacked Baghdad. Several attempts...
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Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...imagination in Postgate's 'early Mesopotamia'; the commonsensical, British empiricist...that s/he does not know more about Mesopotamia, c. 3000-1500 BC, than s/he did...social and economic institutions of early Mesopotamia. The result is rewarding, since the...
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Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; SUSAN POLLOCK. Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was. 272pp...paperback 10.95 [pounds sterling]. Mesopotamia -- `the land between two rivers...apparent decline in fertility of lower Mesopotamia. The title of Dr Pollock's book...
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Mesopotamia
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Mesopotamia Between 3000 b.c.e. and 300 b.c.e. the civilizations thriving in Mesopotamia, a large region centered between the Tigris...organized cities, states, and empires in Mesopotamia, historians study these cultures together...
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Mesopotamia, Ancient
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
MESOPOTAMIA, ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, ANCIENT. Cuneiform clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, the region between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers (mostly present-day Iraq), preserve a few kitchen recipes dating from the eighteenth to the seventeenth...
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Mesopotamia Campaign
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Mesopotamia Campaign (World War I) A British military...campaign against the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia (southern Iraq). In 1913 Britain...and Indian troops occupied Basra in Mesopotamia. They began to advance towards Baghdad...
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Mesopotamia Campaign (1914–1918)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN (1914 – 1918) world...Expeditionary Force (IEP) at Basra in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). Meeting scant...end in 1918, they had occupied all of Mesopotamia south of the city of Mosul. Bibliography...
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Mesopotamia campaign
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Mesopotamia campaign (World War I) (1914–18) A campaign by British troops in Mesopotamia (now known as Iraq) against the Ottoman...the British had conquered most of Mesopotamia up to the town of Mosul. As a result...
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