A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen : Material Remains and Textual Foundations / Ingrid Hehmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hehmeyer, Ingrid.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 129.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; v. 129

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply.

Water-supply engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

In A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen , Ingrid Hehmeyer describes the three-way relationship between water, land, and humans from ancient to medieval and premodern times. As illustrated in case studies from four sites, individual ecosystems necessitated different engineering and management approaches in order to make good use of the scarce water resources for both irrigated agriculture and domestic consumption. Material remains and written sources provide the evidence for a comprehensive examination of continuity and change; technical and managerial struggles, failures, and successes; the question of technology transfer; the impact of the religion of Islam on water use and allocation; and people’s reactions in times of severe crisis.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

A Note on Transliteration

Figures and Tables

Photo Credits and Permissions for Reproduction

Introduction

Irrigated Agriculture in Ancient South Arabia: The Oasis of Mārib

Introduction to Part I

Agricultural Practices in the Controlled Irrigation Network of Ancient Mārib

The City of Zabīd (Founded 820 CE) and its Agricultural Hinterland before the First Ottoman Conquest in 1539

Introduction to Part II

Sayl Irrigation in the Wādī Zabīd

The Importance of the Agricultural Hinterland to Pre-Ottoman Zabīd

Engineered Water Systems in the Wādī Zabīd

Water and Waste in the City of Zabīd

Water and Settlement on the Coastal Plain of Southern Yemen: The Example of Ghayl Bā Wazīr

Introduction to Part III

Tapping Underground Water: The Maʿyān System of Ghayl Bā Wazīr

Water-Storage Systems in the Western Highlands of Yemen: The Cisterns of al-Jabīn

Introduction to Part IV

The Study and Restoration of Birkat ʿĀṭif, a Public Cistern in al-Jabīn

Water and Religious Magic

Introduction to Part V

Concluding Remarks

Back Matter

Glossary

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-38771-4

90-04-38701-3

OCLC:

1090653075

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004387713 DOI