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Waterways of Iraq and Iran in the Early Islamic Period: Changing Rivers and Landscapes of the Mesopotamian Plain
Peter Verkinderen
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Description for Waterways of Iraq and Iran in the Early Islamic Period: Changing Rivers and Landscapes of the Mesopotamian Plain
Hardback. Series: International Library of Human Geography. Num Pages: 392 pages, 52 bw integrated, 14 colour in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
The waterways of ancient Iraq were crucial to its prosperity. While they were maintained, Iraq and neighbouring Khuzistan, in southwest Iran, were the richest and most productive agricultural areas of the Middle East, supporting the Sasanian, Umayyad and Abbasid empires. When the waterways changed or fell into decay, both the prosperity and the political role of Iraq largely disappeared. Understanding the course of the rivers and how they changed is therefore pivotal to understanding the history of the region. Peter Verkinderen's important book provides the first major re-examination of the waterways of early Islamic Iraq in almost seventy years. Combining ... Read more
The waterways of ancient Iraq were crucial to its prosperity. While they were maintained, Iraq and neighbouring Khuzistan, in southwest Iran, were the richest and most productive agricultural areas of the Middle East, supporting the Sasanian, Umayyad and Abbasid empires. When the waterways changed or fell into decay, both the prosperity and the political role of Iraq largely disappeared. Understanding the course of the rivers and how they changed is therefore pivotal to understanding the history of the region. Peter Verkinderen's important book provides the first major re-examination of the waterways of early Islamic Iraq in almost seventy years. Combining ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
International Library of Human Geography
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780764719
SKU
V9781780764719
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About Peter Verkinderen
Peter Verkinderen is a member of the Department of Languages and Cultures: the Near East and Islamic World, University of Ghent, Belgium.
Reviews for Waterways of Iraq and Iran in the Early Islamic Period: Changing Rivers and Landscapes of the Mesopotamian Plain
'This is a work of major and lasting importance. It will certainly become the standard work', Professor Hugh Kennedy, SOAS, University of London