The Waterways of Iraq and Iran in the Early Islamic Period： Changing Rivers and Landscapes of the Mesopotamian Plain

剧情简介：The waterways of ancient Iraq were crucial to its prosperity. While they were maintained, Iraq and neighbouring Khuzistan, in southwest Iran, were the richest and most productive agricultural areas of the Middle East, supporting the Sasanian, Umayyad and Abbasid empires. When the waterways changed or fell into decay, both the prosperity and the political role of Iraq largely di...(展开全部)

作者：Peter Verkinderen

出版社：I.B.Tauris

ISBN：9781780764719