A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-38701-0 (ISBN)
In A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen, Ingrid Hehmeyer describes the three-way relationship between water, land, and humans from ancient to medieval and premodern times. As illustrated in case studies from four sites, individual ecosystems necessitated different engineering and management approaches in order to make good use of the scarce water resources for both irrigated agriculture and domestic consumption. Material remains and written sources provide the evidence for a comprehensive examination of continuity and change; technical and managerial struggles, failures, and successes; the question of technology transfer; the impact of the religion of Islam on water use and allocation; and people’s reactions in times of severe crisis.
Ingrid Hehmeyer, associate professor of history of science and technology at Ryerson University, Toronto (Canada), received her doctorate in agriculture in 1988 and a master of science degree (equivalent) in pharmacy in 1990, both from the University of Bonn (Germany). Amongst her numerous publications on water use and medicine is Herbal Medicine in Yemen: Traditional Knowledge and Practice, and Their Value for Today’s World (ed., with H. Schönig, Leiden, Brill, 2012).
Acknowledgements
A Note on Transliteration
List of Figures and Tables
Photo Credits and Permissions for Reproduction
Introduction
PART I
Irrigated Agriculture in Ancient South Arabia: The Oasis of Mārib
Introduction to Part I
Case Study 1: Agricultural Practices in the Controlled Irrigation Network of Ancient Mārib
PART II
The City of Zabīd (Founded 820 ce) and its Agricultural Hinterland before the First Ottoman Conquest in 1539
Introduction to Part II
Case Study 2: Sayl Irrigation in the Wādī Zabīd
Case Study 3: The Importance of the Agricultural Hinterland to Pre-Ottoman Zabīd
Case Study 4: Engineered Water Systems in the Wādī Zabīd
Case Study 5: Water and Waste in the City of Zabīd
PART III
Water and Settlement on the Coastal Plain of Southern Yemen: The Example of Ghayl Bā Wazīr
Introduction to Part III
Case Study 6: Tapping Underground Water: The Maʿyān System of Ghayl Bā Wazīr
PART IV
Water-Storage Systems in the Western Highlands of Yemen: The Cisterns of al-Jabīn
Introduction to Part IV
Case Study 7: The Study and Restoration of Birkat ʿĀṭif, a Public Cistern in al-Jabīn
PART V
Water and Religious Magic
Introduction to Part V
Case Study 8: Water and Religious Magic
Concluding Remarks
Glossary
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.12.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 129 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | arabisch; englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 636 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-38701-3 / 9004387013 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-38701-0 / 9789004387010 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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