Islamicate Environments Water, Land, Plants, and Society
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2025
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9781009483414
Published
2025-03-06
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
172 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
6 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
108
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Islamicate Environments Water, Land, Plants, and Society
Heftet /
2025
/ Engelsk
Heftet /
2025
/ Engelsk
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Islam burst forth from Arabia in the seventh century and spread with astonishing speed and force into the Middle East, Asia and northern Africa and the Mediterranean. While its success as a dominant culture has often been attributed to military strength, astute political organization, and religious factors, this Element focuses on the environmental conditions from which early Islamic societies sprang. In the belt of arid land that stretches from Iran to the Maghreb (Spain and Morocco)-i.e. the territories of early Islam-the adaptation of natural water systems, landforms and plant varieties was required to make the land habitable and productive.
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Prefatory Note; 1. The Formation of the Islamic Environment; 2. Technology: Water from Below; 3. Technology: Water from Above; 4. Technology: The Qanat; 5. Irrigation Societies and Agricultural Expertise; 6. Conclusion: An Environmental Perspective on the Islamicate Mediterranean.
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Examines the historical interplay between environmental and social agency in the arid agricultural landscapes of the Islamic Mediterranean.
Islam burst forth from Arabia in the seventh century and spread with astonishing speed and force into the Middle East, Asia and northern Africa and the Mediterranean. While its success as a dominant culture has often been attributed to military strength, astute political organization, and religious factors, this Element focuses on the environmental conditions from which early Islamic societies sprang. In the belt of arid land that stretches from Iran to the Maghreb (Spain and Morocco)-i.e. the territories of early Islam-the adaptation of natural water systems, landforms and plant varieties was required to make the land habitable and productive.
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Prefatory Note; 1. The Formation of the Islamic Environment; 2. Technology: Water from Below; 3. Technology: Water from Above; 4. Technology: The Qanat; 5. Irrigation Societies and Agricultural Expertise; 6. Conclusion: An Environmental Perspective on the Islamicate Mediterranean.
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Examines the historical interplay between environmental and social agency in the arid agricultural landscapes of the Islamic Mediterranean.
Product details
ISBN
9781009483414
Published
2025-03-06
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
172 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
6 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
108
Author