Climate and Political Climate - Environmental Disasters in the Medieval Levant

This study examines environmental disasters in the Levant. The data is drawn from contemporary sources. The main aim is to determine the long and short-term repercussions of environmental disasters on the regional affairs during the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.

About the author

Sarah Kate Raphael, Ph. D. (2008), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Currently works as an archaeologists in Jerusalem. She has published articles on the medieval Levant and a book, Muslim Fortresses in the Levant Between Crusaders and Mongols (Routledge, 2010).

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Kate Raphael
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2013
• EAN: 9789004216563
• ISBN: 978-90-04-21656-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 244 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 491 g
• Series: Brill's the History of the Env
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology