For southeastern Louisiana, Mobile was the principal post, and it was to furnish supplies for trade to the north and east, in the region threatened by British traders.

On the one hand, it had a large region ( largely east of the Urals ) of highly distinct, pre-industrial, often non-literate peoples, similar to the situation in the Americas.

From the neolithic age Asia Minor was the route of the forward-Asiatic cultural stream which moved from the Near East to the west and spread the agriculture to the east coasts of Greece and Crete during the 5th millennium BC and then to the Balkan region and the whole of Europe.

Konstantinos Porphyrogennetos, the fourth emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire in the 9th century AD, referred to Asia Minor as East thema, " ανατολικόν θέμα " ( from the Greek words anatoli: east, thema: administrative division ), placing this region to the East of Byzantium, while Europe was lying to the West.

The region varies in elevation from from west to east.

The earliest historical records of Anatolia stem from the south east of the region, and are from the Mesopotamian based Akkadian Empire during the reign of Sargon of Akkad in the 24th century BC.

The region was famous for exporting various raw materials, and areas of Hattian and Hurrian populated south east Anatolia were colonised by the Akkadians.

The Phrygian expansion into south east Anatolia was eventually halted by the Assyrians, who controlled that region.

Armenia is a landlocked country in the Transcaucasia region, between the Black and Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey.

In the remainder of this region, the southern portion, the most prominent feature is Little Mountain, extending about from east to west between two valleys, and rising precipitously on the north side above them or above the sea.

The large sign, formerly reading " University of Lawsonomy ", was a familiar landmark for motorists in the region for many years and was visible from I-94 about 13 miles north of the Illinois state line, on the east side of the highway.

It is unclear what people Snorri thinks the Vanes are, whether the proto-Slavic Venedi or the east Germanic Vandals, who had been in that region at that time for well over 1000 years.

However, if we look for the peoples in the region from the upper Main in the north, south to the Danube and east to the Czech Republic where the Quadi and Marcomanni were located, Ptolemy does not give any tribes.

The plateau, on whose centre stands the town of Ajmer, may be considered as the highest point in the plains of North India ; from the circle of hills which hem it in, the country slopes away on every side-towards river valleys on the east, south, west and towards the Thar Desert region on the north.

The Arabian Sea ( Persian Sea ) is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the south by northeastern Somalia, on the east by India and on the west by the Arabian Peninsula.

By the time of his death, Mahmud ruled a vast empire that stretched from Kurdistan to the entire Hindu Kush region as far east as the Punjab as well as territories far north of the Amu Darya.

Usage of Baltic and similar terms to denote the region east from the sea started only in 19th century.

country code-55 ; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Atlantis 2, that provide direct links to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe ; satellite earth stations-3 Intelsat ( Atlantic Ocean ), 1 Inmarsat ( Atlantic Ocean region east ), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station ( 2007 )

This is significant as Africans came from a vast geographic region, the West African coastline stretching from Senegal to Angola and in some cases from the south east coast such as Mozambique.

Chiles principal growing region and agricultural heartland is the Central Valley delimited by the Chilean Coast Range in the west, the Andes in the east Aconcagua River by the north and Bío-Bío River by the south.

Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north.

Geologically, the region lies mostly within the Colorado Piedmont, in the valley of the South Platte and Arkansas rivers on the east side of the Rockies.

The pattern of distribution of these stories suggest they have a common origin in the eastern Asiatic coastal region, spreading as peoples migrated west into Siberia and east to the North American continent.

After quitting the Studio, Barks relocated to the Hemet / San Jacinto area in the semi-desert inland empire region east of Los Angeles where he hoped to start a chicken farm.

Ecuador is divided into three continental regions — the Costa ( coast ), Sierra ( mountains ), and Oriente ( east )— and one insular region, the Galápagos Islands ( officially Archipiélago de Colón ).

The metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light even if no fire touches it.

On dry land, going from west to east, the country shares long borders with Namibia and Botswana, touches Zimbabwe, has a longitudinal strip of border with Mozambique to the east, and lastly curves in around Swaziland before rejoining Mozambique's southern border.

Maxatawny Township surrounds the borough of Kutztown, and touches Lyons to the south and Topton to the east.

The town's highest point is above sea level, where the east slope of Fisk Hill touches the town's western border.

It touches Ōita prefecture to the northeast and Miyazaki prefecture to the east.

Within North Gyeongsang province, it touches Mungyeong on the north, Yecheon, Uiseong, and Gumi on the east, and Gimcheon to the south.

Its south-east corner touches the Province of Piacenza in Emilia Romagna, while to the east it borders on the Lombard Province of Pavia.

The mighty Padma ( the portion of the Ganges between its junctions with Bhagirathi and Brahmaputra also known as the lower Ganges ), touches the district at its most northerly corner, at the point where it throws off the Jalangi, and flows along the northern border in a direction slightly south-east, until it leaves the district some miles to the east of Kushtia.

Running east to west, Victoria Street touches the Hoddle Grid at the intersection of La Trobe Street and Spring Street, opposite the Carlton Gardens.

It touches Alabama's area code 256 / 938 and 334 on the far west, Tennessee's area code 423 on the northwest, North Carolina's area code 828 and Upstate South Carolina's area code 864 to the north-northeast, and midlands area code 803 to the east, and middle Georgia's 478 and metro Atlanta as above.

It lies between Wundwin, Myingyan, Yamethin, and touches Shan State on the east.

The district is surrounded by Ghazipur district on the south, Ballia district in the east and Azamgarh district in the west. and north side surrounded by Gorkhpur. Varansi touches some area in south side. The river Ghagra forms its northern boundary and south boundary touch Tamsa river.

To the east, the boundaries of the ocean proper are Europe ; the Strait of Gibraltar ( where it connects with the Mediterranean Sea – one of its marginal seas – and, in turn, the Black Sea, both of which also touch upon Asia ) and Africa.

In the agreement, the relations between the British Indian and Afghan governments, as previously arranged, were confirmed ; and an understanding was reached upon the important and difficult subject of the border line of Afghanistan on the east, towards India.

It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that was re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany.

To the west of the Petite Gheete rises the plateau of Mont St. André ; a second plain, the plateau of Jandrenouille – upon which the Anglo-Dutch army amassed – rises to the east.

Philip now took the offensive himself, and in maneuvoering to get a good cavalry ground upon which to fight he offered battle ( 27 July ), on the plain east of Bouvines and the river Marque.

Because the extermination camps were physically small ( only several hundred metres long and wide ) and equipped with minimal housing and support installations, the Nazis deceived the prisoners upon their arrival, telling them that they were at a temporary transit stop, and soon would continue to an Arbeitslager ( work camp ) farther east.

Environment-current issues: government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers ; a once sizable population of Shi ' a Muslims, who have inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced ; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations ; inadequate supplies of potable water ; development of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey ; air and water pollution ; soil degradation ( salination ) and erosion ; and desertification.

Scots, as spoken in the lowlands and along the east coast of Scotland, developed independently from Modern English and is based on the Northern dialects of Anglo-Saxon, particularly Northumbrian, which also serve as the basis of Northern English dialects such as those of Yorkshire and Newcastle upon Tyne.

A poor nation, Niger's transport system was little developed during the colonial period ( 1899 – 1960 ), relying upon animal transport, human transport, and limited river transport in the far south west and south east.

" The Eastern Orthodox understanding of conversion is illustrated in the rite of baptism, in which the convert faces west while publicly renouncing and symbolically spitting upon Satan, and then turns to the east to worship Christ " as king and God ".< ref >

The dividing line is generally agreed upon to be City Line Steet and not Lancaster Avenue, with the streets east and south of Lancaster Avenue being considered to be the " West Side, and the streets north and west of Lancaster Avenue, having been renamed from Lancaster, NB to Saint John West, NB.

According to the biblical account, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar, where they resolved to build a city with a tower " with its top in the heavens ... lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the Earth ".

Ukraine's various highland regions include the Volyn-Podillia Upland and the Near-Dnipro Upland ( on the right bank of Dnipro River ) in the west, the south-western spurs of the Central Russian Uplands upon which runs the border with Russia in the east, and the Donets Ridge and the Near Azov Upland near the Sea of Azov.

One of the reasons for the Roman withdrawal was the pressure put upon the empire's military resources by the incursion of barbarian tribes from the east.

36: 606 ( 1930 ) predicted a difference between the intensities of cosmic rays arriving from the east and the west that depends upon the charge of the primary particles-the so-called " east-west effect.

The Ochils meet the flat carse ( floodplain ) of the River Forth to the east of the distinctive geographical feature of Abbey Craig, a crag and tail hill upon which stands the 220 ft ( 67m ) high Wallace National Monument.

The sacred character of the mount is alluded to in the Ezekiel ( 11: 23 ): " And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

Of developable land in Broward County, approximately, the majority is built upon, as the urban area is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Everglades National Park to the west.

To prevent Spain from encroaching upon Portugal's Moluccas, the anti-meridian was to be 297. 5 leagues or 17 ° to the east of the Moluccas, passing through the islands of Las Velas and Santo Thome.

On the east of the town, in the Patturelli property, a temple has been discovered with Oscan votive inscriptions originally thought to be Oscan, now recognized as Etruscan, some of them inscribed upon terracotta tablets, the most famous of which is the Tabula Capuana, conserved in Berlin, still, after more than a century of searching, the second-longest Etruscan text.

A dissident Republican was arrested for " the attempted murder of police officers in east Belfast " after shots were fired upon the police.

Indians friendly to the settlers resided in east Texas before the Kiowa, Apache and Comanche intruded upon their territory.

According to a Late-Postclassic Yucatec tradition, Chac Xib Chaac ( the rain deity of the east ) was the title of a king of Chichen Itza, and similar titles were bestowed upon Classic rulers as well ( see below ).

It lies approximately east of Kingston upon Thames's town centre, and from Charing Cross.