Human Geography, YOK-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.
Human Geography Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Yokuts
Yokuts, North American Indians speaking a Penutian language and who historically inhabited the San Joaquin Valley......
Yoruba
Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria, concentrated in the southwestern part of that country.......
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya, Middle American Indians of the Yucatán Peninsula in eastern Mexico. The Yucatec were participants......
Yue
Yue, aboriginal people of South China who in the 5th–4th century bce formed a powerful kingdom in present-day Zhejiang......
Yuezhi
Yuezhi, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 bce to about 450 ce. The Yuezhi are first......
Yukaghir
Yukaghir, remnant of an ancient human population of the tundra and taiga zones of Arctic Siberia east of the Lena......
Yuki
Yuki, four groups of North American Indians who lived in the Coast Ranges and along the coast of what is now northwestern......
Yuman
Yuman, any of various Native American groups who traditionally lived in the lower Colorado River valley and adjacent......
Yupiit
Yupiit, Indigenous Arctic people traditionally residing in Siberia, St. Lawrence Island and the Diomede Islands......
Yurok
Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific......
Yámana
Yámana, South American Indian people, very few in number, who were the traditional occupants of the south coast......
Zande
Zande, a people of Central Africa who speak a language of the Adamawa-Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language......
Zapotec
Zapotec, Middle American Indian population living in eastern and southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The Zapotec......
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......