Human Geography, ZAR-ṢāL

Since 1945 human geography has contained five main divisions. The first four—economic, social, cultural, and political—reflect both the main areas of contemporary life and the social science disciplines with which geographers interact (i.e., economics, sociology, anthropology, and political science and international relations, respectively); the fifth is historical geography.
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Zaramo
Zaramo, a people who reside in the area surrounding Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, and comprise the major ethnic component......
Zarma
Zarma, a people of westernmost Niger and adjacent areas of Burkina Faso and Nigeria. The Zarma speak a dialect......
Zhuang
Zhuang, largest ethnic minority of South China, chiefly occupying the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi (created......
Zulu
Zulu, a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern......
Zwangendaba
Zwangendaba was an African king who led his Jere people on a monumental migration of more than 1,000 miles (1,600......
Öcalan, Abdullah
Abdullah Öcalan is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish nationalist organization,......
Štefánik, Milan
Milan Štefánik was a Slovak astronomer and general who, with Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš, helped found the new......
ʿAbd al-Wādid Dynasty
ʿAbd al-Wādid Dynasty, dynasty of Zanātah Berbers (1236–1550), successors to the Almohad empire in northwestern......
ʿAflaq, Michel
Michel ʿAflaq was a social and political leader who played a major role in the Arab nationalist movement during......
ʿAskarī, Jaʿfar al-
Jaʿfar al-ʿAskarī was an army officer and Iraqi political leader who played an important role in the Arab nationalist......
ʿUmar Tal
ʿUmar Tal was a West African Tukulor leader who, after launching a jihad (holy war) in 1854, established a Muslim......
Ḥabash, George
George Ḥabash was a militant Palestinian and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).......
Ḥimyar
Ḥimyar, originally, an important tribe in the ancient Sabaean kingdom of southwestern Arabia; later, the powerful......
Ḥākim, al-
al-Ḥākim was the sixth ruler of the Egyptian Shiʿi Fatimid dynasty, noted for his eccentricities and cruelty, especially......
Ṣaqālibah
Ṣaqālibah, in medieval Muslim Spain, Slavs, or people from the Black Sea coast north of Constantinople. Later,......
Ṣāliḥ
Ṣāliḥ, in ancient Arabia, a Christian tribe that was prominent during the 5th century ce. Although the Ṣāliḥ originated......

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