The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072 / / Ronnie Ellenblum, the Hebrew University of Jeruslaem

• Autore: Ellenblum Roni
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 909/.09822401
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Islamic Empire; Middle East Climate History To 1500
• Classificazione: HIS010000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean
• ISBN: 1-139-88905-2; 1-139-56461-7; 1-283-57497-7; 1-139-55107-8; 9786613887429; 1-139-55603-7; 1-139-55233-3; 1-139-15105-3; 1-139-54982-0; 1-139-55478-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964128103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II