An excavation of the Jordan Valley\u2019s hidden history, depicting how mapping has not only documented territorial disputes but actively shaped them.\nFor millennia, landscapes have been battlegrounds of power, history, and identity\u2014nowhere more so than in the Jordan Rift Valley. In Mapping Power: History of Landscape in the Jordan Valley, Ben Gitai unearths the hidden forces that have shaped Naharayim/Al-Baqoura, a politically charged site at the crossroads of empire and conflict. Blending political geography and historical analysis, Gitai reveals how mapping and cartography have been wielded as tools of control by successive rulers, ranging from the Ottoman Empire and the British Mandate to present-day territorial disputes.\nOver one hundred and fifty years, this valley has been\n\nMapping Power \u2013 History of Landscape in the Jordan Valley\nHistory of Landscape in the Jordan Valley\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery u;