Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran A Moment in World History

Name: Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran A Moment in World History
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ISBN: 9780231148375

ISBN-10: 0231148372

ISBN-13: 9780231148375

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard Bulliet

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A boom in the production and export of cotton made Iran the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. Yet in the eleventh century, Iran's impressive agricultural economy entered a steep decline, bringing the country's primacy to an end. Richard W. Bulliet advances several provocative theses to explain these hitherto unrecognized historical events. According to Bulliet, the boom in cotton production directly paralleled the spread of Islam, and Iran's agricultural decline stemmed from a significant cooling of the climate that lasted for over a century. The latter phenomenon also prompted Turkish nomadic tribes to enter Iran for the first time, establishing a…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.23" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



How to Identify a Cotton Boom



Islam and Cotton



The Big Chill



Of Turks and Camels



A Moment in World History


Index