The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean : Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950-1072 (Paperback)

Part I. The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Presenting the events; 2. Deconstructing a 'collapse'; 3. 950?1027 - an impending disaster; Part II. Regional Domino Effects in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1027?60 AD: 4. The collapse of Iran; 5. The fall of Baghd?d; 6. A crumbling empire: the Pechenegs and the decimation of Byzantium; 7. Egypt and its provinces, 1050s?1070s; Part III. Cities and Minorities: 8. Jerusalem and the decline of classical cities; 9. Water supply, declining cities and deserted villages; 10. Food crises and accelerated Islamization; 11. Reflections.