Description: Further DetailsTitle: Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic IranCondition: NewEAN: 9780231148375ISBN: 9780231148375Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/05/2011Item Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Richard BullietLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Moment in World HistoryISBN-10: 0231148372Description: A boom in the production and export of cotton made Iran the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. Yet in the eleventh century, Iran's impressive agricultural economy entered a steep decline, bringing the country's primacy to an end. Richard W. Bulliet advances several provocative theses to explain these hitherto unrecognized historical events. According to Bulliet, the boom in cotton production directly paralleled the spread of Islam, and Iran's agricultural decline stemmed from a significant cooling of the climate that lasted for over a century. The latter phenomenon also prompted Turkish nomadic tribes to enter Iran for the first time, establishing a political dominance that would last for centuries. Substantiating his argument with innovative quantitative research and recent scientific discoveries, Bulliet first establishes the relationship between Iran's cotton industry and Islam and then outlines the evidence for what he terms the "Big Chill." Turning to the story of the Turks, he focuses on the lucrative but temperature-sensitive industry of cross-breeding one-humped and two-humped camels.He concludes that this unusual concatenation of events had a profound and long-lasting impact not just on the history of Iran but on the development of world affairs in general.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Business & FinanceRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran
Title: Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran
EAN: 9780231148375
ISBN: 9780231148375
Release Date: 07/05/2011
Release Year: 2011
Subtitle: A Moment in World History
ISBN-10: 0231148372
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Business & Finance
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran : a Moment in World History
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Industries / Agribusiness, Commerce, Middle East / Iran, World, Middle East / General
Item Height: 0 in
Publication Year: 2011
Item Weight: 6.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 0.8 in
Author: Richard Bulliet
Subject Area: Business & Economics, History
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
