maps are also distinct for the global knowledge required to construct them. A meaningful map of the world could not be constructed before the European Renaissance because less than half of the earth's coastlines, let alone its interior regions, were known to any culture. New knowledge of the earth's surface has been accumulating ever since and continues to this day. Maps of the world generally focus either on political features or on physical features. Political maps emphasize territorial boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps show geographic features such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Choropleth maps use color hue and intensity to contrast differences between regions, such as demographic or economic statistics.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

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Gardez Location Guide

Gardez Location Guide

Gardez is located in AfghanistanGardēz[pronunciation?] (Pashto: ګردېز‎, Persian: گردیز‎) is the capital of the Paktia Province of Afghanistan. The population of the city was estimated to be ca. 10,000 in the 1979 census, but was estimated to be 70,000 in 2008. The population is overwhelmingly Pashtun. The city of Gardez is located at the junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by the mountains and deserts of the Hindu Kush, which boil up from the valley floor to the north, east and west, it is the axis of commerce for a huge area of eastern Afghanistan and has been a strategic location for armies throughout the country’s long history of conflict. Observation posts built by Alexander the Great are still crumbling on the hilltops just outside the city limits.
Gardez Map | Now Shop Time

Gardez Map | Now Shop Time

 
Gardez Location Guide

Gardez Location Guide

 
Gardez Map | Now Shop Time

Gardez Map | Now Shop Time

 
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Gardez Location Guide

Gardez Location Guide

 
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Eyewitness: Guarding Gardez

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Eyewitness: Guarding Gardez