The Lion and the Sun: Environmental History and the Formation of Modern Iran.

by James M. Gustafson

Why did the place of formerly powerful Eurasian land empires, like that of Iran, change so dramatically in global affairs over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
This book explores this critical transitional period in Iranian history from an environmental perspective. It argues that severe ecological challenges dating to the late seventeenth century, and deepening during the post-Safavid crisis of the eighteenth century,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755634845
• ISBN13: 9780755634842
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"