03915nam 22007092 450 991046246290332120151005020622.01-139-88905-21-139-56461-71-283-57497-71-139-55107-897866138874291-139-55603-71-139-55233-31-139-15105-31-139-54982-01-139-55478-6(OCoLC)808366421(SSID)ssj0000704167(PQKBManifestationID)11432193(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704167(PQKBWorkID)10703809(PQKB)10880569(UkCbUP)CR9781139151054(MiAaPQ)EBC989160(Au-PeEL)EBL989160(CaPaEBR)ebr10591075(CaONFJC)MIL388742(EXLCZ)99267000000023478620110905d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe collapse of the eastern Mediterranean climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072 /Ronnie Ellenblum, the Hebrew University of Jeruslaem[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-68873-6 1-107-02335-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 civilizations 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.Social changeMediterranean RegionHistoryTo 1500Climate and civilizationMiddle EastHistoryTo 1500Climatic changesSocial aspectsMiddle EastHistoryTo 1500Mediterranean climateIslamic EmpireMiddle EastClimateHistoryTo 1500Social changeHistoryClimate and civilizationHistoryClimatic changesSocial aspectsHistoryMediterranean climate.909/.09822401Ellenblum Roni853650UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462462903321The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean1906037UNINA