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The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072 Ellenblum, Ronnie (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) New edition
The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072
Ellenblum, Ronnie (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events of the tenth and eleventh centuries - including drought and famine in Egypt, mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia, and population decline in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople - were triggered by climatic and ecological change.
284 pages, 15 b/w illus. 8 maps 2 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 5, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107688735 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 284 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 16 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |