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The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072

By: Ronnie Ellenblum

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The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072

By: Ronnie Ellenblum

As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic disasters which led to the decline of some of the most important civilizations and cultural centres of the time. This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events - such as recurrent drought and famine in Egypt, mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia, and the decline in population in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople - are connected and should be understood within the broad context of climate change. Drawing on a wealth of textual and archaeological evidence, Ronnie Ellenblum explores the impact of climatic and ecological change across the eastern Mediterranean in this period, to offer a new perspective on why this was a turning point in the history of the Islamic world.

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1139560980

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Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

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Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

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For the last 150 years the historiography of the Crusades has been dominated by nationalist and colonialist discourses in Europe and the Levant. These modern histories have interpreted the Crusades in terms of dichotomous camps, Frankish and Muslim. In this revisionist study, Ronnie Ellenblum presents an interpretation of Crusader historiography that instead defines military and architectural relations between the Franks, local Christians, Muslims and Turks in terms of continuous dialogue and mutual influence. Through close analysis of siege tactics, defensive strategies and the structure and distribution of Crusader castles, Ellenblum relates patterns of crusader settlement to their environment and demonstrates the influence of opposing cultures on tactics and fortifications. He argues that fortifications were often built according to economic and geographic considerations rather than for strategic reasons or to protect illusory 'frontiers', and that Crusader castles are the most evident expression of a cultural dialogue between east and west.

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The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072

By: Ronnie Ellenblum

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Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072

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In Laudem Hierosolymitani

Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar

By: Ronnie Ellenblum

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In Laudem Hierosolymitani

Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar

By: Ronnie Ellenblum

In the thirty-five years since B.Z. Kedar published the first of his many studies on the crusades, he has become a leading historian of this field, and of medieval and Middle Eastern history more broadly. His work has been groundbreaking, uncovering new evidence and developing new research tools and methods of analysis with which to study the life of Latins and non-Latins in both the medieval West and the Frankish East. From the Israeli perspective, Kedar's work forms a important part of the historical and cultural heritage of the country. This volume presents 31 essays written by eminent medievalists in his honour. They reflect his methods and diversity of interest. The collection, outstanding in both quality and range of topics, covers the Latin East and relations between West and East in the time of the crusades. The individual essays deal with the history, archaeology and art of the Holy Land, the crusades and the military orders, Islam, historiography, Mediterranean commerce, medieval ideas and literature, and the Jews Given Benjamin Kedar's close involvement with the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East and his years as its President, and his work to establish the journal Crusades, it is fitting that this volume should appear as the first in a series of Subsidia to the journal. For information about the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, see the society's website: www.sscle.org.

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Routledge

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1351928244

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Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

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Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

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This book is based on an unprecedented archaeological survey of more than two hundred Frankish rural sites.

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0521521874

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9780521521871

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950 1072

By: Roni Ellenblum

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Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950 1072

By: Roni Ellenblum

As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic disasters which led to the decline of some of the most important civilisations and cultural centres of the time. This provocative study argues that many well-documented but apparently disparate events such as recurrent drought and famine in Egypt; mass migrations in the steppes of central Asia; and the decline in population in urban centres such as Baghdad and Constantinople are connected and should be understood within the broad context of climate change. Drawing on a wealth of textual and archaeological evidence, Ronnie Ellenblum explores the impact of climatic and ecological change across the eastern Mediterranean in this period, to offer a new perspective on why this was a turning point in the history of the Islamic world.

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1139549820

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Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

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In Laudem Hierosolymitani

Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar

By: Ronnie Ellenblum

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Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar

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Book's by Ronnie Ellenblum

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

In Laudem Hierosolymitani

In Laudem Hierosolymitani

Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean

Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

Crusader Castles and Modern Histories

In Laudem Hierosolymitani

In Laudem Hierosolymitani

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