Climate Change - Environment and Civilization in the Middle East
We live in an early stage of an interglacial period, which began some fifteen thousand years ago - a warming trend which, with the extreme ups and downs, is . still gaining momentum. There is little doubt that, sometime in the foreseeable future, the global climate will inexorably become much warmer...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 The Pendulum of Paradigms
- 2 Constructing the Jigsaw Puzzle of Palaeo-Climates
- 3 The Near East: A bridge from the Garden of Eden to the Fields of Toil
- 4 The Great Transition — From Farming Villages to Urban Centers
- 5 The Urban Revolution and the Dawn of History
- 6 Dark Age, Renaissance, and Decay
- 7 Migrations and Settlings
- 8 The Age of Iron and Empires
- 9 Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans on the Eve of the Era of Industry
- 10 An Epilogue