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Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian Ecology and Destiny

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  1. Julian Rzóska

    1. 6 Blakesley Avenue, London W.5., UK

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 38)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The lands and their life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xi-xi
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    2. Panorama of Mesopotamian Iraq

      • Julian Rzóska
      Pages 1-6

    4. Palaeo-ecology of Mesopotamia

      • Julian Rzóska
      Pages 15-27

  3. Mesopotamian Waters their Regime and Hydrobiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Near East waters as wider background

      • Julian Rzóska
      Pages 31-39

    4. Water characteristics

      • J. F. Talling
      Pages 63-79

    5. Phytoplankton

      • J. F. Talling
      Pages 81-86

    6. General Biology of Iraq waters

      • Julian Rzóska
      Pages 87-94

    7. The fishes of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

      • K. E. Banister
      Pages 95-108

  4. Epilogue

    1. Epilogue

      • Julian Rzóska
      Pages 109-111

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 109-122
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About this book

Scope and limitations of this book I am trying here to present the natural history of a land largely created and dominated by two great rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris. All rivers have two main functions, quite different from lakes; they transport water and eroded material sometimes over large distances. The astute Greeks, who penetrated here in the 4th century B.C., called the land Mesopotamia, an apt name; it is the only region in the Near East, except Egypt, having the benefit of large rivers. Another name coined in antiquity was 'Fertile Crescent', stretching from Egypt to present day Iraq; Herodotus marvelled at the fertility of the soils, the abundance of water and the magnificent cities of Mesopotamia. Thus a further role of some great rivers is recognized as foci of human development. The desire to collate this book arose from a similar motif as in the Nile book (1976), the intricate connection between man and rivers.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • 6 Blakesley Avenue, London W.5., UK

    Julian Rzóska

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian Ecology and Destiny

  • Authors: Julian Rzóska

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9171-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers, The Hague 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9173-6Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9171-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 132

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology

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