Book contents
- Gateway to the Mediterranean
- Studies in Environment and History
- Gateway to the Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Spelling and Pronunciation
- Notes on Dates and Place Names
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Complexity
- 2 Nature on the Move
- 3 Animal Power
- 4 Tracks of Change
- 5 Golden Promise
- 6 Fiber of Fortune
- 7 Flavors of the Sun
- 8 The Gateway
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Environment and History ()
5 - Golden Promise
Transforming the Landscape of Grain Farming
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 December 2025
Book contents
- Gateway to the Mediterranean
- Studies in Environment and History
- Gateway to the Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Spelling and Pronunciation
- Notes on Dates and Place Names
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Complexity
- 2 Nature on the Move
- 3 Animal Power
- 4 Tracks of Change
- 5 Golden Promise
- 6 Fiber of Fortune
- 7 Flavors of the Sun
- 8 The Gateway
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Environment and History ()
Summary
Chapter 5 explores the intensification of cereal cultivation with population growth, land reclamation, and expansion of the labor force in reclaimed lands. In this chapter, I argue that climate change, the transition from a humid climate to a dry one and a decrease in climatic variability due to the end of the Little Ice Age, accompanied by the resettlement of immigrants and refugees, facilitated the reclamation of coastal swamps, and promoted the expansion of grain cultivation.
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- Gateway to the MediterraneanAn Environmental History of Late Ottoman Izmir, pp. 112 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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