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Climate Change -

Environment and History of the Near East

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Arie S. Issar

    1. Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Jerusalem, Israel

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  2. Mattanyah Zohar

    1. Mevaseret, Israel

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXI
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  2. The Pendulum of Paradigms

    Pages 1-10

  3. Constructing the Jigsaw Puzzle of Palaeo-Climates

    Pages 11-37

  4. The Near East: A Bridge from the Garden of Eden to the Fields of Toil

    Pages 39-65

  5. The Great Transition — From Farming Villages to Urban Centers

    Pages 67-102

  6. The Urban Revolution and the Dawn of History

    Pages 103-133

  7. Dark Age, Renaissance, and Decay

    Pages 135-162

  8. Migrations and Settlings

    Pages 163-192

  9. The Age of Iron and Empires

    Pages 193-219

  10. Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans on the Eve of the Era of Industry (ca. 800 C.E. to the Present)

    Pages 221-233

  11. An Epilogue

    Pages 235-237

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 239-288
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About this book

When the ?rst edition of this book was published in 2004, the following year 2005 has happened to have been the warmest year since 1880, when the ?rst reliable worldwide instrumental records came into existance. Claiming no li- age between the publication of our book and the temperature record, yet this record demonstrates the trend of increase in the global surface temperatures during thepast20years,reinforcedbyevidenceofriseofatmosphere’sand oceans’ temperatures, and increased melting of ice and snow in the arctic and antarctic regions as well as on mountain tops. All these observations are par- leled by the increase in the quantity of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere, causing most probably, the global greenhouse effect. In order to try and predict, what might be the impact of this effect on the on the natural and human environments of the Near East, (Figs. 1–1d) the authors adopted the saying that the past is the key for the future. The practical conclusion of this principle says that the acquiring knowledge of the impact of past climate changes on the nature and human societies, may allow conclusions with regard to future possible impact of climate changes. By correlating proxy data of all types, paleo-sea and lake levels, paleo-hydrology, pollen pro?les, environmental isotopes as well as archaeological and historical documents, the authors tried to collect as much as possible of this knowledge.

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From the reviews of the second edition:

"This second edition of Climate Change: Environment and History of the Near East deserves recognition by scientists working on a number of water problems in the area. The authors … are convinced that conservative negative attitudes are slowly changing, mostly due to the ever increasing quantity and quality of scientific research of the Earth’s past mainly by geologists, geochemists, botanists, climatologists, etc. … The book is intended for environmental hydrogeologists, climatologists, scientists, and geochemists." (Phillip E. LaMoreaux, Environmental Geology, Vol. 54 (4), 2008)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Jerusalem, Israel

    Arie S. Issar

  • Mevaseret, Israel

    Mattanyah Zohar

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