The Tropical Turn : Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean

by Sureshkumar Muthukumaran

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0520390830

ISBN-13 9780520390836

Publisher University of California Press

Imprint University of California Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 14th, 2023

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 570 grams

Dimensions 16.10 x 36.10 x 2.40 cms

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This book chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials and textual sources in over seven ancient languages, The Tropical Turn unravels the breathtaking anthropogenic peregrinations of these familiar crops from their homelands in tropical and subtropical Asia to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, showing the significant impact South Asia had on the ecologies, dietary habits, and cultural identities of peoples across the ancient world. In the process, Sureshkumar Muthukumaran offers a fresh narrative history of human connectivity across Afro-Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the late centuries BCE.

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