Under Osman's tree : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and environmental history /

Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a tree sprouted from his navel. As the tree grew, its shade covered the earth; as Osman's empire grew, it, too, covered the earth. This is the most widely accepted foundation myth of the longest-lasting empire in the history of Isla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mikhail, Alan, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Temas:
1288-1918
Human ecology > Egypt.
Human ecology > History.
Human ecology > Middle East.
Écologie humaine > Égypte.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Human ecology.
Humanökologie
Egypt > History > 1517-1882.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Égypte > Histoire > 1517-1882.
Empire ottoman > Histoire.
Egypt.
Middle East.
Turkey.
Ägypten
Osmanisches Reich
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Osman's tree
  • Introduction: the global environmental history of the Middle East
  • Water. Irrigation works
  • History from below
  • Silt and empire
  • Work. Rural muscle
  • Expert measures
  • Animal. Animal capital
  • Brute force
  • Elemental. Food and wood
  • Plague ecologies
  • Egypt, Iceland, SO2
  • Conclusion: empire as ecosystem.

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