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The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072

Ellenblum, Roni

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\"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 civilisations 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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Social change Mediterranean Region History To 1500. / Climate and civilization Middle East History To 1500. / Climatic changes Social aspects Middle East History To 1500 / Mediterranean climate. / HISTORY / Europe / General. / Islamic Empire. / Middle East Climate History To 1500.
• ISBN: 9781107023352, 1107023351

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DS38.3.E45 2012	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE