Название: The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environment in the Middle East, 500 B.C. - A.D. 1500
Автор: Peter Christensen
Издательство: I.B.Tauris
ISBN: 1784533181
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 368
Размер: 38,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
The history of the Middle East is traditionally structured around the rise and fall of dynasties and states. The widely perceived view is that after the glories of an earlier golden age the region went into a steady and prolonged decline: populations decreased, ancient cities decayed and nomadism spread at the expense of civilized culture.