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Author Raphael, Kate, author.

Title Climate and political climate : environmental disasters in the Medieval Levant / by Sarah Kate Raphael.

Publication Info. Leiden : Brill, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's series in the history of the environment ; v. 3
Brill's series in the history of the environment ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This study examines environmental disasters in the Levant. The data is drawn from contemporary sources. The main aim is to determine the long and short-term repercussions of environmental disasters on the regional affairs during the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
Contents pt. 1. Droughts and famines -- pt. 2. Earthquakes and the politics of mass destruction -- pt. 3. Small and destructive enemies -- pt. 4. Dearth, crisis and violence.
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Subject Climatic changes -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
Climatic changes.
Middle East.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Middle East.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
Climate and civilization -- Middle East.
Climate and civilization.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Middle East -- History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Paleoclimatology -- Middle East.
Paleoclimatology.
Middle East -- Climate -- History.
Climatology.
Middle East Region.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Raphael, Kate, author. Climate and political climate 9789004216563 (DLC) 2012043423 (OCoLC)815835924
ISBN 9004244735 (electronic book)
9789004244733 (electronic book)
9781283979566 (MyiLibrary)
128397956X (MyiLibrary)
9789004216563 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004216561 (hardback ; alkaline paper)