Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 9501072

Name: Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 9501072
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ISBN: 9781107688735

ISBN-10: 1107688736

ISBN-13: 9781107688735

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ronnie Ellenblum

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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…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English