A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen : Material Remains and Textual Foundations /
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In A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen , Ingrid Hehmeyer describes the three-way relationship between water, land, and humans from ancient to medieval and premodern times. As illustrated in case studies from four sites, individual ecosystems necessitated different engineering and management approaches in order to make good use of the scarce water resources for both irrigated agriculture and domestic consumption. Material remains and written sources provide the evidence for a comprehensive examination of continuity and change; technical and managerial struggles, failures, and successes; the question of technology transfer; the impact of the religion of Islam on water use and allocation; and people's reactions in times of severe crisis.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004387713 :
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Rashda : the birth and growth of an Egyptian oasis village /
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Rashda:The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village is an interdisciplinary study from a multi-perspective, using various kinds of data and information. It offers a comprehensive description of Rashda, a village in Dakhla Oasis in Egypt from its beginning to the present. Key concepts are the uncertainty of the water supply, the dependence on the political regime and the rational behaviour of individuals. The villagers of Rashda have dealt with the difficult natural circumstances by creating the local customs of irrigation and cultivation. The development of village recently depends ever more on the government, as long as large amounts of finance and superior technology are necessary to dig deeper wells to secure water for cultivation.
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1 online resource (294 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004317390 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Great waterworks in Roman Greece : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context /
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A presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784917654 (ebook) :
L'acqua nell'antico Egitto : vita, rigenerazione, incantesimo, medicamento : proceedings of the first International conference for young egyptologists : Italy, Chianciano Terme, Oc...
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Proceedings.
English, French or Italian. :
444 pages : black-and-white illustrations, black-and-white plans ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-442). :
8882653072
9788882653071
Nahr al-Yarmūk wa-al-amn al-māʼī al-ʻArabī : dirāsah fī al-jughrāfīyah al-siyāsīyah /
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"...yashtamilu hādhā al-kitāb minhā ʻalá al-thalāth fuṣūl al-akhīrah min al-risālah [al-duktūrāh] ka-juzʾ thānī, ʻalá an yalīhi ṭabʻ al-juzʾ al-awwal al-mushtamil ʻalá al-ẓurūf al-ṭabīʻīyah li-ḥawḍ nahr al-Yarmūk...". p. 13.
Originally issued as author's thesis (duktūrāh)--Jāmiʻat Baghdād, 1992. :
volume <2> : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-211).