9781107688735 - The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950 1072 von Ellenblum, Ronnie (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. A provocative study of the devastating impact of climate change across the eastern Mediterranean in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 b/w illus. 8 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394. . 2013. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.