pt. 1. An imperial ecology -- Regions, resources, and settlement -- Growth and its limits -- Disasters of the later sixteenth century -- Land at the margins : Karaman and Larende -- pt. 2. The Little Ice Age crisis -- The Little Ice Age in the Near East -- The great drought -- The Celali Rebellion -- In the wake of the Celalis : climate and crisis in the seventeenth century -- pt. 3. Ecological transformation -- Desert and snow -- City and country -- Provisioning and commerce -- Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references and index pt. 1. An imperial ecology -- Regions, resources, and settlement -- Growth and its limits -- Disasters of the later sixteenth century -- Land at the margins : Karaman and Larende -- pt. 2. The Little Ice Age crisis -- The Little Ice Age in the Near East -- The great drought -- The Celali Rebellion -- In the wake of the Celalis : climate and crisis in the seventeenth century -- pt. 3. Ecological transformation -- Desert and snow -- City and country -- Provisioning and commerce -- Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references and index | 
