Climate Change - Environment and Civilization in the Middle East - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Pendulum of Paradigms.- 2 Constructing the Jigsaw Puzzle of Palaeo-Climates.- 3 The Near East: A bridge from the Garden of Eden to the Fields of Toil.- 4 The Great Transition - From Farming Villages to Urban Centers.- 5 The Urban Revolution and the Dawn of History.- 6 Dark Age, Renaissance, and Decay.- 7 Migrations and Settlings.- 8 The Age of Iron and Empires.- 9 Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans on the Eve of the Era of Industry.- 10 An Epilogue.

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