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THE COLLAPSE OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DECLINE OF THE EAST, 950-1072 |
| By: |
Ronnie Ellenblum |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£102.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1139151053 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781139151054 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 September, 2012 |
| Description: |
A provocative study of the devastating impact of climate change across the eastern Mediterranean in the tenth and eleventh centuries. |
| Synopsis: |
As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic disasters which led to the decline of some of the most important civilizations and cultural centres of the time. This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events - such as recurrent drought and famine in Egypt, mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia, and the decline in population in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople - are connected and should be understood within the broad context of climate change. Drawing on a wealth of textual and archaeological evidence, Ronnie Ellenblum explores the impact of climatic and ecological change across the eastern Mediterranean in this period, to offer a new perspective on why this was a turning point in the history of the Islamic world. |
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15 b/w illus. 8 maps 2 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
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Non-returnable |
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