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The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072

"As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic disasters which led to the decline of some of the most important civilisations and cultural centres of the time. This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events - such as recurrent drought and famine in Egypt, mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia, and the decline in population in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople - are connected and should be understood within the broad context of climate change. Drawing on a wealth of textual and archaeological evidence, Ronnie Ellenblum explores the impact of climatic and ecological change across the eastern Mediterranean in this period, to offer a new perspective on why this was a turning point in the history of the Islamic world"--

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  • ""As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic disasters which led to the decline of some of the most important civilisations and cultural centres of the time. This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events - such as recurrent drought and famine in Egypt, mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia, and the decline in population in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople - are connected and should be understood within the broad context of climate change. Drawing on a wealth of textual and archaeological evidence, Ronnie Ellenblum explores the impact of climatic and ecological change across the eastern Mediterranean in this period, to offer a new perspective on why this was a turning point in the history of the Islamic world"--"@en
  • ""As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic disasters which led to the decline of some of the most important civilisations and cultural centres of the time. This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events - such as recurrent drought and famine in Egypt, mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia, and the decline in population in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople - are connected and should be understood within the broad context of climate change. Drawing on a wealth of textual and archaeological evidence, Ronnie Ellenblum explores the impact of climatic and ecological change across the eastern Mediterranean in this period, to offer a new perspective on why this was a turning point in the history of the Islamic world"--"

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  • "The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072"@en
  • "The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072"
  • "The collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950 - 1072"
  • "The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950-1072"
  • "The collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072"
  • "˜Theœ collapse of the eastern Mediterranean climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072"
  • "The collapse of the eastern mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the east, 950-1072"
  • "The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072"@en
  • "The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072"

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