Re-thinking the 'Green Revolution' in the Mediterranean world
Kirchner, Helena 1963- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i de l'Edat Mitjana)
García-Contreras, Guillermo (Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas)
Fenwick, Corisande (University College London. Institute of Archaeology)
Pluskowski, Aleks (University of Reading. Department of Archaeology)

Date:	2023
Description:	11 pàg.
Abstract:	From the seventh century AD, successive Islamic polities were established around the Mediterranean. Historians have linked these caliphates with the so-called 'Islamic Green Revolution' - the introduction of new crops and agricultural practices that transformed the economies of regions under Muslim rule. Increasingly, archaeological studies have problematised this largely text-based model of agrarian innovation, yet much of this research remains regionally and methodologically siloed. Focusing on the Western Mediterranean, the authors offer a theoretically informed, integrated environmental archaeology approach through which to contextualise the ecological impact of the Arab-Berber conquests. Its future application will allow a fuller evaluation of the scale, range and significance of agricultural innovations during the 'medieval millennium'.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Agrarian relations ; Agriculture ; Climate change ; Crops ; Islamic Mediterranean ; Resilience
Published in:	Antiquity, Vol. 97 Núm. 394 (2023) , p. 964-974, ISSN 1745-1744

DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2023.91

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