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The decline of Iranshahr : irrigation and environment in the Middle East, 500BC-AD1500 /
"The history of the Middle East is traditionally structured around the rise and fall of dynasties and states. The widely perceived view is that after the glories of an earlier golden age the region went into a steady and prolonged decline: populations decreased, ancient cities decayed and nomad...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Danés |
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London ; New York, NY :
I.B. Tauris,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The history of the Middle East is traditionally structured around the rise and fall of dynasties and states. The widely perceived view is that after the glories of an earlier golden age the region went into a steady and prolonged decline: populations decreased, ancient cities decayed and nomadism spread at the expense of civilized culture. In this pioneering text Peter Christensen challenges this story of decline. Long out of print but now reissued with a new introduction by the author, this important work is both a foundational text in the environmental history of the Middle East and a pioneering reassessment of traditional ideas about the historical processes of Iran and the Middle East region."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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| Notas: | Originally published in hardback in 1993 by Museum Tusculanum Press. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (368 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781838609368 1838609369 9781838609351 1838609350 9781350988590 1350988596 1784533181 9781784533182 |