Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt: an environmental history

In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book ch...

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Subtitles:Nature & Empire in Ottoman Egypt
Main Author: Mikhail, Alan 1979- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Edition:1. pbk. ed.
Series/Journal:Studies in environment and history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt / Environment / Nature / Rule / Human ecology / Mankind / Irrigation / Technology / History / Irrigation / Civilization / Human being / History 1500-1800
Further subjects:B Human Beings Effect of environment on Egypt
B Irrigation Social aspects (Egypt)
B Egypt History 1517-1882
B Human ecology Egypt
B Technology and civilization
B Human Ecology (Egypt)
B Egypt ; History ; 1517-1882
B Human Beings Effect of environment on (Egypt)
B Irrigation ; Social aspects ; Egypt
B Irrigation Social aspects Egypt
B Irrigation Social aspects Egypt
B Egypt History, 1517-1882
B Human ecology ; Egypt
B Human Ecology Egypt
B Human beings ; Effect of environment on ; Egypt
B Human beings Effect of environment on Egypt
B Egypt History 1517-1882