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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Preface: Osman's tree -- Introduction: the global environmental history of the Middle East -- Water. Irrigation works -- History from below -- Silt and empire -- Work. Rural muscle -- Expert measures -- Animal. Animal capital -- Brute force -- Elemental. Food and wood -- Plague ecologies -- Egypt, Iceland, SO2 -- Conclusion: empire as ecosystem |
| Summary |
Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a tree sprouted from his navel. As the tree grew, its shade covered the earth; as Osman's empire grew, it, too, covered the earth. This is the most widely accepted foundation myth of the longest-lasting empire in the history of Islam, and offers a telling clue to its unique legacy. Underlying every aspect of the Ottoman Empire's epic history - from its founding around 1300 to its end in the 20th century - is its successful management of natural resources. This work analyses this rich environmental history to understand the most remarkable qualities of the Ottoman Empire - its longevity, politics, economy, and society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Human ecology -- Egypt
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Human ecology -- History.
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Human ecology -- Middle East
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Human ecology
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Humanökologie
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Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041297
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Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802
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Egypt
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Middle East
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Turkey
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Ägypten
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Osmanisches Reich
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226427201 |
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022642720X |
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