Book contents
- Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers, and the Development of Farming Civilizations in Asia
- Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers, and the Development of Farming Civilizations in Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Temporal Variations in the Asian Monsoon
- 3 Monsoon and Societies in Southwest Asia
- 4 Origins of a Uniquely Adaptive Farming System:
- 5 Dryland Farming in the Northern Monsoon Frontier
- 6 Recent Changes in Monsoon Climate
- 7 Future Monsoon Predictions
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2020
- Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers, and the Development of Farming Civilizations in Asia
- Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers, and the Development of Farming Civilizations in Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Temporal Variations in the Asian Monsoon
- 3 Monsoon and Societies in Southwest Asia
- 4 Origins of a Uniquely Adaptive Farming System:
- 5 Dryland Farming in the Northern Monsoon Frontier
- 6 Recent Changes in Monsoon Climate
- 7 Future Monsoon Predictions
- References
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021