Civilizing Climate Social Responses to Climate Change in the Ancient near East

Name: Civilizing Climate Social Responses to Climate Change in the Ancient near East
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ISBN: 9780759104945

ISBN-10: 0759104948

ISBN-13: 9780759104945

Edition: 2006

Authors: Arlene Miller Rosen

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Description, based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how that affected social and political developments. Uses 3 major case studies of the Neolithic, Early Bronze, and Roman/Byzantine periods.

Book details

List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 2/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.07" wide x 9.24" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments



Holocene Climate and Society: Civilization and Climate Revisited



Tools for Understanding Paleoenvironments in the Southern Levant: Principles of Climatic Reconstruction in the Near East



Land and History: Introduction to the Modern Landscape and Historical Framework



Paleoenvironments of the Near East: The Retreat of the Pleistocene



Holocene Paleoenvironments of the Near East



From Hunter-Gatherers to Village Farmers: The Role of Climate Change in the Origins of Agriculture



Early Complex Societies: Climate Change and Collapse of Early Bronze Age Societies



Empires in the Desert: Political Ecology of Ancient Empires



Civilizing Climate


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