The Famines of the World
The Famines of the World

Author: Cornelius Walford

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781357666927

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The Famines of the World
The Famines of the World

Author: Cornelius Walford

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780666615275

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Excerpt from The Famines of the World: Past and Present (Being Two Papers Read Before the Statistical Society of London in 1878 and 1879 Respectively, and Reprinted From Its Journal) The Scriptures speak of several famines which had been in Palestine and In the neighbouring countries, as that in the time of Abraham(. Gen xii, and again in the time of Isaac xxvi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Analyzing Collapse
Analyzing Collapse

Author: Miroslav Bárta

Publisher: American University in Cairo Press

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1617979600

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This book explores the long-term trends in the development of what was the first complex civilization in history, the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2650–2200 BC), the period that saw the construction of eternal monuments such as Djoser’s Step Pyramid complex in Saqqara, the pyramids of the great Fourth Dynasty kings in Giza, and spectacular tombs of high officials throughout Egypt. The present study aims to show that the historical trajectory of the period was marked by specific processes that characterize most of the world’s civilizations: the role of the ruling elite, the growth of bureaucracy, the proliferation of interest groups, and adaptation to climate change, to name but a few—and the way that these processes held the germ of ultimate collapse. The case is made that the rise and fall of the Old Kingdom state is of relevance to the study of the anatomy of development of any complex civilization.