Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History

by Richard W. Bulliet

Book Overview

A boom in the production and export of cotton made Iran the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. Yet in the eleventh century, Iran's impressive agricultural economy entered a steep decline, bringing the country's primacy to an end.

Richard W. Bulliet advances several provocative theses to explain these hitherto unrecognized historical events. According to Bulliet, the boom in cotton production directly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148372
• ISBN13: 9780231148375
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher