Tropical Turn: Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean - Couverture souple

Muthukumaran, Sureshkumar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520390849 ISBN 13 : 9780520390843

Editeur : University of California Press, 2023

Synopsis

This book chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials and textual sources in over seven ancient languages, The Tropical Turn unravels the breathtaking anthropogenic peregrinations of these familiar crops from their homelands in tropical and subtropical Asia to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, showing the significant impact South Asia had on the ecologies, dietary habits, and cultural identities of peoples across the ancient world. In the process, Sureshkumar Muthukumaran offers a fresh narrative history of human connectivity across Afro-Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the late centuries BCE.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sureshkumar Muthukumaran is a historian of the ancient world. He is a Lecturer in History at the National University of Singapore and has previously taught at University College London and Yale-NUS College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520390849
• ISBN 13: 9780520390843
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 315
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible