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Civilizing climate : the social impact of climate change in the ancient near East

This book provides a description, based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how they affected social and political developments. It includes three major case studies of the Neolithic, Early Bronze, and Roman/Byzantine periods.
Print Book, English, ©2007
Altamira Press, Lanham, MD, ©2007
xiv, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
9780759104938, 9780759104945, 075910493X, 0759104948
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