Climate Change - Environment and History of the Near East /

When the ?rst edition of this book was published in 2004, the following year 2005 has happened to have been the warmest year since 1880, when the ?rst reliable worldwide instrumental records came into existance. Claiming no li- age between the publication of our book and the temperature record, yet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Issar, Arie S. (Autor), Zohar, Mattanyah (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:2nd ed. 2007.
Temas:
Environment.
History.
Climatology.
Geography.
Physical geography.
Anthropology.
Environmental Sciences.
Climate Sciences.
Earth System Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Pendulum of Paradigms
  • Constructing the Jigsaw Puzzle of Palaeo-Climates
  • The Near East: A Bridge from the Garden of Eden to the Fields of Toil
  • The Great Transition - From Farming Villages to Urban Centers
  • The Urban Revolution and the Dawn of History
  • Dark Age, Renaissance, and Decay
  • Migrations and Settlings
  • The Age of Iron and Empires
  • Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans on the Eve of the Era of Industry (ca. 800 C.E. to the Present)
  • An Epilogue.

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