text Under Osman's tree : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and environmental history
- Summary
- 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 t... Read more
- Contents
- Preface: Osman's tree -- Introduction: the global environmental history of the Middle East -- Water. Irrigation works -- History from below -- Silt and empire -- Work. Rural muscle -- Expert measures -- Animal. Animal capital -- Brute force -- Ele... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xiii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press 2017
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 956 MIK in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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