中文名: 悠久之河（更新至《育空河》 更新完畢）
原名: Rivers in World History
作者: Shane Mountjoy
Tim Mcneese
資源格式: PDF
版本: 文字版
出版社: Chelsea House Publications
書號: 0791082431
發行時間: 2005年
地區: 美國
語言: 英文
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這是一套介紹歷史上著名河流的叢書，沒有找到中譯名，就暫且叫做《悠久之河》好了。這套書分為6冊，每一本都對一條著名大河流域內的歷史事件、人文地理、發展現狀作了一個比較詳細的介紹。喜愛人文地理旅游類書籍的驢友一定不要錯過。
第一部：印度河，是巴基斯坦的第一大河。
The Indus River
Known as the chief river of Pakistan, the Indus was the site of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilisation. Featured is the history and geography of the river.
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第二部：格蘭德河，是美國與墨西哥的界河
FRONTIS: The Denver & Rio Grande Railway parallels the Rio Grande in the center of this 1873 map. The source of the Rio Grande, North America's fifthlongest river, lies in Colorado's San Juan Mountains (left-center part of the map) and it flows nearly 1,900 miles until it reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
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第三部：聖勞倫斯河，北美五大湖區
FRONTIS: The waters of the St. Lawrence River originate from the St. Louis River, which flows into the southwestern portion of Lake Superior (upper left corner of map) and eventually into Lake Ontario. From Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence, which is called the Kaniatarowanenneh, or "big waterway," by the Mohawks, travels 800 miles before emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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第四部：兩河流域，文明的搖籃
FRONTIS: The sources of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers lie within 50 miles of one another in eastern Turkey. The rivers flow southward on a parallel track through northern Syria and Iraq before emptying into the Persian Gulf.
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第五部：伏爾加河，歐洲第一長河
FRONTIS: A satellite image of the Volga River emptying into the Caspian Sea. The Volga, Europe's longest river, begins its nearly 2,300-mile trek just to the northwest of Moscow and flows past such Russian cities as Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), Nizhny Novgorod, and Samara on its way to the Caspian.
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第六步：育空河，曾經引發淘金熱的北美大河
FRONTIS: Map of the route of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad through Yukon Territory, Canada. The Yukon River runs through the center of the map, starting at Dawson at the top-center.
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目錄:
第一部：The Indus River
The Indus River and Valley
The Indus Valley Civilization
The Vedic Age
The Gupta Dynasty
The Mogul Period
British India
The Indus Today
第二部：The Rio Grande
Ancient River; Ancient People
Tribes along the Rio Grande
The Spanish Arrive
Colonizing the Rio Grande
Mexicans and Americans
A War over the Rio Grande
The Americans Arrive
A River in Constant Demand
第三部：the St. Lawrence River
The River That Walks
Natives along the River
The French Reach the St. Lawrence
The Father of New France
War along the River
Recreating the River
The St. Lawrence Seaway
Epilogue
第四部：The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The Twin Rivers of the Eastern Fertile Crescent
The Emergence of the First Civilization
Southern Mesopotamia: The Early Babylonian Empire
The Assyrian Empire
Persians, Greeks, Muslims, Mongols, and Turks
Mesopotamia in the Twentieth Century
The Modern Rivers' Impact on Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
第五部：The Volga River
A Nation's Great River
Early People of the Volga
The Rus
The Golden Horde
The Rise of the Tsars
Modernization along the Volga
War along the Volga
A Trip Down the Volga
第六部：The Yukon River
The Great Northern River
The People of the River
Trade Rivals along the Yukon
The Explorations of Robert Campbell
Gold Rush along the Yukon
The Klondike Gold Rush
Paddle Wheelers on the Yukon
Epilogue