Nomads in the Middle East
Title | Nomads in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Beatrice Forbes Manz |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 545 |
Release | 2021-12-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1009213385 |
A history of pastoral nomads in the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam, through the middle periods when Mongols and Turks ruled most of the region, to the decline of nomadism in the twentieth century. Offering a vivid insight into the impact of nomads on the politics, culture, and ideology of the region, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines and challenges existing perceptions of these nomads, including the popular cyclical model of nomad-settled interaction developed by Ibn Khaldun. Looking at both the Arab Bedouin and the nomads from the Eurasian steppe, Manz demonstrates the significance of Bedouin and Turco-Mongolian contributions to cultural production and political ideology in the Middle East, and shows the central role played by pastoral nomads in war, trade, and state-building throughout history. Nomads provided horses and soldiers for war, the livestock and guidance which made long-distance trade possible, and animal products to provision the region's growing cities.
Nomadic Societies in the Middle East and North Africa
Title | Nomadic Societies in the Middle East and North Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Dawn Chatty |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 1104 |
Release | 2018-11-12 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9047417755 |
A volume devoted to an understanding of contemporary nomadic and pastoral societies in the Middle East and North Africa. It recognizes the variable mobile quality of the ways of life of these societies which accommodate the ‘nation-state’ but remain firmly transnational and highly adaptive.
Negotiating Empire in the Middle East
Title | Negotiating Empire in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | M. Talha Çiçek |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2021-07-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1316518086 |
Examines how negotiations between the Ottomans and Arab nomads played a part in the making of the modern Middle East.
The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East
Title | The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Mundy |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2000-11-09 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521770576 |
In this 2000 book, an international team of contributors offer a multidisciplinary approach to the evolution of nomadic society in the Middle East.
Frontier Nomads of Iran
Title | Frontier Nomads of Iran PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Tapper |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 1997-08-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521583367 |
Richard Tapper's 1997 book, which is based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and extensive documentary research, traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. The story is a dramatic one, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy, and their decline under the Pahlavi Shahs. The book is intended as a contribution to three different debates. The first concerns the riddle of Shahsevan origins, while another considers how far changes in tribal social and political formations are a function of relations with states. The third discusses how different constructions of the identity of a particular people determine their view of the past. In this way, the book promises not only to make a major contribution to the history and anthropology of the Middle East and Central Asia, but also to theoretical debates in both disciplines.
Sedentarization of the Nomads in the Arab Middle East
Title | Sedentarization of the Nomads in the Arab Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Leo Neubart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Bedouins |
ISBN |
Nomads in the Middle East
Title | Nomads in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 297 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0521816297 |