Tilling the Hateful Earth
Download or Read eBook Tilling the Hateful Earth PDF written by Michael Decker and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael Decker |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2009-07-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0199565287 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780199565283 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tilling the Hateful Earth by : Michael Decker
Book excerpt: A study of the agrarian landscape and economy of the late-antique eastern Mediterranean. Michael Decker describes the ways in which Roman farmers succeeded in producing food surpluses, fuelling a surge in population and a flowering of cultural expression and economic prosperity in the century before the arrival of Islam.
