| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Human ecology -- Egypt.
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Human ecology. |
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Egypt. |
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Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1517-1882 |
| Subject |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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Human ecology -- History.
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Human ecology -- Middle East.
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Middle East. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
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Turkey. |
| Chronological Term |
1288-1918 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mikhail, Alan, 1979- Under Osman's tree. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017 9780226427171 (DLC) 2016035740 (OCoLC)956633756 |
| ISBN |
9780226427201 (electronic book) |
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022642720X (electronic book) |
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9780226427171 |
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022642717X |
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9780226638881 |
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022663888X |
| Standard No. |
40026951700 |
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13229026 |
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