L'Agronomie De LA Mesopotamie Antique: Analyse Du "Livre De L'Agriculture Nabateenne" De Qutama (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East) (French Edition) [Hardcover]

M. El Faiz (Author), Mohammed El Faiz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997 | Series: Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East (Book 5)

This text deals with the agronomy of ancient Mesopotamia. It is based on the original, but little known, agronomic encyclopaedia: the "Book of Nabatean Agriculture" by Qutama. The text is divided into three parts and analyzes the origin of the Mesopotamian school of agriculture and its economic and agro-technical conceptions. It also describes the knowledge which was basic to the establishment of the agronomic culture of Islam. It is also possible for historians of agronomy to relate, using this text, the Mesopotamian contribution to the development of the science of agriculture.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'"Au total, l'Agriculture nabatiene," aprhs avoir iti longtemps miprisi, se rivhle comme un ouvrage d'importance majeure qui apporte des informations pricises, variies non seulement sur les techniques agricoles mais sur les principaux aspects des techniques agraires. L'ouvrage de M. El Faoz est la hauteur de ce monument. Il reste espirer que l'Agriculture nabatienne" trouve un traducteur. Il ne fait pas de doute qu'il mirite pleinement.'
Georges Tate, "Histoire Rurale, 1996.

Language Notes

Text: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 332 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (August 1997)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 9004101993
• ISBN-13: 978-9004101999
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,011,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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