{"product_id":"a-history-of-water-engineering-and-management-in-yemen-material-remains-and-textual-foundations-9789004387010","title":"A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen: Material Remains and Textual Foundations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This dissertation publication illuminates more than just Old South Arabian names of animals, plants, stones and metals. It also is an excellent source for zoological, botanical and ethnographic data [...] It is well-conceived, the product of discipline and years of research.” Paul A. Yule in Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 110 (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210764312919,"sku":"9789004387010","price":115.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-water-engineering-and-management-in-yemen-material-remains-and-textual-foundations-9789004387010","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}