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title: Desert Kites
author: Olivier Barge
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3237/desert-kites/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Desert Kites

_Authored by [Olivier Barge](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/olivier.barge/)_

## Image File

[![Desert Kites](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3237.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3237.jpg)

## Image Caption

Extracts of satellite images from Google Earth and Bing of kites from the Harrat-al-Sham in [Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/) (above left), Qaratein area in [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/) (above right), Ustyurt Plateau in Kazakhstan (bottom left) and the mountains of Palmyre in Syria (bottom right). The variability in shape and in size can be observed on these extracts.

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## About the Author

Olivier Barge is a specialist in spatial information at the french CNRS . He works since 1999 with archaeologists on the fields of the Ancient East where he tries to apply the concepts of geography, its original dicipline, to the problems of the past.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Barge, O. (2014, November 18). Desert Kites. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3237/desert-kites/>
### Chicago
Barge, Olivier. "Desert Kites." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 18, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3237/desert-kites/>.
### MLA
Barge, Olivier. "Desert Kites." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Nov 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3237/desert-kites/>.

## License & Copyright

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