Before the time of Napoleon, the most ambitious effort to explore and map the Nile was undertaken by the Ottomans, as attested by two monumental documents: an elaborate map, with 475 rubrics, and a lengthy travel account. Both were achieved at about the same time--c. 1685--and both by the same man. Evliya elebi's account of his Nile journeys, in the tenth volume of his Book of Travels (Seyahatname), has been known to the scholarly world since 1938, when that volume was first published. The map, held in the Vatican Library, has been studied since at least 1949. Numerous new critical editions of both the map and the text have been published over the years, each expounding upon the last in an attempt to reach a definitive version. The Ottoman Explorations of the Nile provides a more accurate translation of the original travel account. Furthermore, the maps themselves are reproduced in greater detail and vivid color, and there are more cross-references to the text than in any previous edition. This volume gives equal weight and attention to the two parts that make up this extraordinary historical document, allowing readers to study the map or the text independently, while also using each to elucidate and accentuate the details of the other.

The changes in capabilities, philosophies and techniques being utilized in the private and public sectors will continue to make logistics curricula design a challenge. This research study utilized literature reviews to identify 8 competencies' required for mid-level logistics leaders to succeed now and in the future. Programs from ten academic institutions including AFIT and seven of the top 10 programs were compared by analyzing their coverage of the eight competencies. The research highlighted that all of the schools are teaching the majority of the competencies. The programs with MBAs provided a strong business foundation of supply chain management/logistics courses. AFIT adequately addresses all of the competencies except globalization and Finance/Cost Control. These deficiencies can easily be corrected by making the International logistics course a core course and adding a Finance/Cost Control course. Taking a more interdisciplinary and inter-industry approach to the future competencies identified in this research will ensure students gain current, hands on education in the critical areas of Networking/computing, supply chain management and logistics operations.