The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean [Texte imprimé] : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072 / Ronnie Ellenblum.

By: Ellenblum, Ronnie [Auteur.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, cop. 2012Description: 1 vol. (XII-270 p.) : ill., cartes ; 24 cmContent type: texte Media type: sans médiation ISBN: 9781107023352; 1107023351Subject(s): 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 | Islamic Empire | Middle East -- Climate -- History -- To 1500 | Climate and civilization | Climatic changes -- Social aspects | Climatology | Mediterranean climate | Social change | Islamic Empire | Mediterranean Region | Middle East | Climat -- Changements -- Méditerranée (région) (est) -- Moyen âge | Changement social -- Moyen-Orient -- Moyen âge | To 1500Genre/Form: History.DDC classification: 909/.09822401 LOC classification: DS38.3 | .E45 2012Online resources: Notice et cote du catalogue de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
Incomplete contents:
Part I. The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Presenting the events; 2. Deconstructing a 'collapse'; 3. 950-1027 ; An impending disaster; Part II. Regional Domino Effects in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1027-60 AD: 4. The collapse of Iran; 5. The fall of Baghdad; 6. A crumbling empire: the Pechenegs and the decimation of Byzantium; 7. Egypt and its provinces, 1050s-1070s; Part III. Cities and Minorities: 8. Jerusalem and the decline of classical cities; 9. Water supply, declining cities and deserted villages; 10. Food crises and accelerated Islamization; 11. Reflections.
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Part I. The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Presenting the events; 2. Deconstructing a 'collapse'; 3. 950-1027 ; An impending disaster; Part II. Regional Domino Effects in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1027-60 AD: 4. The collapse of Iran; 5. The fall of Baghdad; 6. A crumbling empire: the Pechenegs and the decimation of Byzantium; 7. Egypt and its provinces, 1050s-1070s; Part III. Cities and Minorities: 8. Jerusalem and the decline of classical cities; 9. Water supply, declining cities and deserted villages; 10. Food crises and accelerated Islamization; 11. Reflections.

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