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  3. The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
February 2012
Print publication year:
2011
Online ISBN:
9780511844058
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844058
Series:
Studies in Environment and History
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, Middle East History
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Book description

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the destructive Celali Rebellion (1595–1610). This rebellion marked a turning point in Ottoman fortunes, as a combination of ongoing Little Ice Age climate events, nomad incursions and rural disorder postponed Ottoman recovery over the following century, with enduring impacts on the region's population, land use and economy.

Awards

Joint winner of the 2012 Book Prize in Middle East Studies, British-Kuwait Friendship Society

Winner, 2012 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association

Winner, 2012 M. Fuat Köprülü Book Prize, The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association

Reviews

“Sam White offers an exciting new approach to the problem of the ‘decline of the Ottoman Empire’ and specifically to the period of turmoil and revolt known as the ‘Celali Rebellions.’ His investigation of the effects of climate change on Ottoman agriculture and economy and the ways in which different social groups tried to manage the ensuing difficulties will revolutionize our understanding of Ottoman and Middle Eastern history.” – Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona

“In this innovative work, Sam White offers us a novel holistic view of the empire in its period of greatest expansion by connecting the eastern Mediterranean to the European historiography on the Little Ice Age and the seventeenth-century crises that followed. This is world history, Ottoman style, with a keyhole look at the whole society in a period of sustained crisis (1590s–1610) and some bold conclusions about the consequences of a series of ecological disasters and the Ottoman ability to manage them.” – Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University

“In a balanced consideration of environmental and social factors, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire gives the details of a fascinating and almost neglected story in a captivating and simultaneously vulnerable part of the world. Sam White’s well-planned structure and pleasant approach help readers to understand the multicomponent factors that led the Ottoman Empire to a crisis during the late Little Ice Age period.” – Elena Xoplaki, University of Bern

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