2012/12/12 by Alan Mikhail · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Islamic Studies and History
paper · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199768677.001.0001
openalex publication_date 2012/12/12 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/12
This book is a holistic environmental history of the Middle East and North Africa over the last half millennium. It shows how the intimate connections between peoples and environments shaped political, economic, and social history in startling and often unforeseen ways. Nearly all political powers in the region based their rule on the management and control of natural resources, and nearly all individuals were in constant communion with the natural world. To grasp how these multiple histories were central to the pasts of the Middle East and North Africa, the chapters in this book demonstrate t ... More