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The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire By Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire by Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)

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This book explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the destructive Celali Rebellion.

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire Summary

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire by Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the destructive Celali Rebellion (1595-1610). This rebellion marked a turning point in Ottoman fortunes, as a combination of ongoing Little Ice Age climate events, nomad incursions and rural disorder postponed Ottoman recovery over the following century, with enduring impacts on the region's population, land use and economy.

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire Reviews

Sam White offers an exciting new approach to the problem of the 'decline of the Ottoman Empire' and specifically to the period of turmoil and revolt known as the 'Celali Rebellions.' His investigation of the effects of climate change on Ottoman agriculture and economy and the ways in which different social groups tried to manage the ensuing difficulties will revolutionize our understanding of Ottoman and Middle Eastern history. - Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona
In this innovative work, Sam White offers us a novel holistic view of the empire in its period of greatest expansion by connecting the eastern Mediterranean to the European historiography on the Little Ice Age and the seventeenth-century crises that followed. This is world history, Ottoman style, with a keyhole look at the whole society in a period of sustained crisis (1590s-1610) and some bold conclusions about the consequences of a series of ecological disasters and the Ottoman ability to manage them. - Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University
In a balanced consideration of environmental and social factors, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire gives the details of a fascinating and almost neglected story in a captivating and simultaneously vulnerable part of the world. Sam White's well-planned structure and pleasant approach help readers to understand the multicomponent factors that led the Ottoman Empire to a crisis during the late Little Ice Age period. - Elena Xoplaki, University of Bern

About Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)

Sam White is an Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University (OSU) and was Assistant Professor of Environmental History at Oberlin College until 2013, when he joined the OSU faculty. He has received grants and fellowships from Columbia University, the American Research Institute in Turkey and the Delmas Foundation. His articles have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies and Environmental History, among other publications. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. An Imperial Ecology: 1. Regions, resources, and settlement; 2. Growth and its limits; 3. Disasters of the later sixteenth century; 4. Land at the margins: Karaman and Larende; Part II. The Little Ice Age Crisis: 5. The Little Ice Age in the Near East; 6. The great drought; 7. The Celali Rebellion; 8. In the wake of the Celalis: climate and crisis in the seventeenth century; Part III. Ecological Transformation: 9. Desert and sown; 10. City and country; 11. Provisioning and commerce; Conclusion.

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NPB9781107008311
9781107008311
110700831X
The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire by Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)
Sam White (Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College, Ohio)
Studies in Environment and History
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2011-08-15
376
Joint winner of Book Prize in Middle East Studies, British-Kuwait Friendship Society 2012
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