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" The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : "
Ronnie Ellenblum
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BL
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600023
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b429242
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Ellenblum, Roni
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The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072 /\ Ronnie Ellenblum
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2012
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xii, 270 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9781107023352
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: 1107023351
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Includes bibliographical references
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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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"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"--
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Social change-- Mediterranean Region-- History-- To 1500
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Climate and civilization-- Middle East-- History-- To 1500
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Climatic changes-- Social aspects-- Middle East-- History-- To 1500
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Mediterranean climate
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Islamic Empire
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Middle East, Climate, History, To 1500
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909/.09822401
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DS38.3.E45 2012
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