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Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World: The Diffusion of Crops and Farming Techniques, 700-1100 Hardcover - 1983

by Andrew M. Watson


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This study describes and explains the revolutionary changes which transformed the agricultural life of the Islamicized world in the four centuries following the early Arab conquests. Professor Watson discusses eighteen crops - from sorghum and rye to the watermelon - which spread through the Near East and North Africa during this period. Their origins, diffusion and uses are reviewed. The book investigates the mechanics of diffusion, the routes by which plants spread, and the processes by which they were acclimatized in their new environment. The social and economic history of agriculture in the medieval Islamic world is assessed in a review of wide importance. Professor Watson sets out to refute the view that the early Islamic period was one of agricultural decline in the Near East. He shows that, in contrast to the late Roman and Sasanian periods, it was a time of agricultural and demographic expansion. Agricultural innovation in the early Islamic world will be of interest to economic, social and agricultural historians and to those concerned with Islam and its effect on Africa and Asia.

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  • Title Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World: The Diffusion of Crops and Farming Techniques, 700-1100
  • Author Andrew M. Watson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1983-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521247115 / 052124711X
  • Library of Congress subjects Agricultural innovations - Islamic Empire -, Agriculture - Islamic Empire - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 82017773
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.109
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. x, 260. With 8 full-page maps and many text illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's brown cloth, map endpapers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ The rare original first edition in a book form of Watson's groundbreaking 1974 Journal of Economic History's article. Y-2 OUT
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