Under Osman's Tree (eBook)

The Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Environmental History

Alan Mikhail (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
336 Seiten
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-42720-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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 twentieth century-is its successful management of natural resources. Under Osman's Tree analyzes this rich environmental history to understand the most remarkable qualities of the Ottoman Empire-its longevity, politics, economy, and society. The early modern Middle East was the world s most crucial zone of connection and interaction. Accordingly, the Ottoman Empire s many varied environments affected and were affected by global trade, climate, and disease. From down in the mud of Egypt s canals to up in the treetops of Anatolia, Alan Mikhail tackles major aspects of the Middle East s environmental history: natural resource management, climate, human and animal labor, energy, water control, disease, and politics. He also points to some of the ways in which the region s dominant religious tradition, Islam, has understood and related to the natural world. Marrying environmental and Ottoman history, Under Osman s Tree offers a bold new interpretation of the past five hundred years of Middle Eastern history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.3.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• ISBN-10: 0-226-42720-X / 022642720X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42720-1 / 9780226427201