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- According to Alasdair Pinkerton, an expert in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, the term is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), to describe parcels of land that were just beyond the London city walls. The Oxford English Dictionary contains a reference to the term dating back to 1320, spelled nonesmanneslond, to describe a territory that was disputed or involved in a legal disagreement. The same term was later used as the name for the piece of land outside the north...
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The German equivalent was Niemandsland, while the French used the English term le no man’s land.
No man's land is waste or unowned land or an uninhabited or desolate area that may be under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied out of fear or uncertainty. The term was originally used to define a contested territory or a dumping ground for refuse between fiefdoms. [1]
Jul 12, 2013 · This area, called Niemandsland (no-man’s land) in the book, was roughly 38km across and 45km wide, and at the end of the war contained an estimated 500,000 people. It remained unoccupied for over two months and hence had, in all ways, to fend for itself.
Key Facts & Summary. No Man’s Land is the empty strip of territory that divides two opposing forces. The enemies were divided by barbed wires and various miles of empty land. No Man’s Land was the places where cruel and deadly battles took place during the First World War.
Mar 19, 2015 · Answering an open call, German artist Hans Haacke proposed 'No Man's Land', a circle of land 30m in diameter, located outside the Ministry for Education, and filled with loose earth from the centre, making a mound large enough so that its perimeter is that of the 30m diameter circle.
Apr 29, 2017 · Much as it did during the Christmas Truce 1914, no-man's-land acquires a symbolic meaning in the film as a site of humanity and international cooperation. In the film's dramatic conclusion the five men climb from the grave-like ruin.
No Man's Land is the term used by soldiers to describe the ground between the two opposing trenches. Its width along the Western Front could vary a great deal. The average distance in most sectors was about 250 yards (230 metres).
