The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072 /
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Language: English
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Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Call Number: DS38.3 .E45 2012
Table of Contents:
- •Part I. The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean •1. Presenting the events •2. Deconstructing a 'collapse' •3. 950-1027 - An impending disaster •Part II. Regional Domino Effects in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1027-60 AD •4. The collapse of Iran •5. The fall of Baghdad •6. A crumbling empire: the Pechenegs and the decimation of Byzantium •7. Egypt and its provinces, 1050s-1070s •Part III. Cities and Minorities •8. Jerusalem and the decline of classical cities •9. Water supply, declining cities and deserted villages •10. Food crises and accelerated Islamization •11. Reflections