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

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

Gustafson, James M.

Hardcover

IslamGeneral Political ScienceIran History

ISBN10: 0755634845
ISBN13: 9780755634842
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Feb 20 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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, drove a decline in the population and resource base of the Iranian plateau. This in turn shaped ongoing environmental challenges in the Qajar period and on into the 20th century.

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