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Record Nr.

UNISA996205747503316

Autore

Decker Michael

Titolo

Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-172172-7

0-19-956528-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.) : ill

Collana

Oxford studies in Byzantium Tilling the hateful earth

Disciplina

630

Soggetti

Agriculture - History - Provinces - To 1500 - Rome

Agriculture - History - To 1500 - Middle East

Farmers - History - Middle East

Agriculture - Economic aspects - History - Provinces - Rome

Agriculture - Economic aspects - History - Middle East

Real Estate, Housing & Land Use

Agriculture - General

Business & Economics

Agriculture

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Mediterranean Region History To 476

Middle East History To 622

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work examines the mechanisms of cultivation of the three major crops of the 'Mediterranean triad' (grain, wine, and olive oil) from the 4th to 7th centuries AD along the coastlands of the eastern Mediterranean, looking at the production of crops vital to subsistence.