The Tropical Turn
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The Tropical Turn

Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean

Sureshkumar Muthukumaran

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The Tropical Turn

Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean

Sureshkumar Muthukumaran

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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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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780520390850
Edition
1
Topic
Geschichte
Subtopic
Weltgeschichte

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Preface and Acknowledgments
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Introduction
  8. 1.   The Historical Context
  9. 2.   Wool from Trees: Cotton
  10. 3.   The Golden Grain: Asiatic Rice
  11. 4.   Persian “Apples”: Citruses
  12. 5.   Familiar but Foreign: Eastern Cucurbits
  13. 6.   The Egyptian Bean: The Sacred Lotus
  14. 7.   A Forgotten Tuber: Taro
  15. 8.   Timber for God and King: Sissoo
  16. 9.   How to Turn Tropical
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index