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The Empires of Water
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This book reveals how rivers and oceans forged human destiny. It brings to life the Indus cities that vanished when monsoons failed, the Mediterranean that became a liquid continent of culture and conflict, and the Indian Ocean whose monsoon winds created the world's first global trade network. It shows how water built not just economies and empires but philosophies, faiths, and revolutions.
For readers drawn to history, culture, and the environment, this is both a sweeping narrative and a fresh lens. Along the way, it illuminates urgent questions of our own age: the future of water conflicts, the threat of climate change to Asia's great rivers, and the rising seas poised to redraw coastlines.
- Discover how hydrology shaped the rise and fall of civilisations- Understand the links between trade routes, politics, and ecology- See today's global crises through the long lens of environmental history
By the final page, readers will not only know history differently but see the world anew: as a civilisation of water, always at the mercy of its eternal current.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
146
Release Date:
2026-01-20
Publication Date:
2026-01-20
Publisher:
Mindful Pages
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
9374128187
ISBN13:
9789374128183
Weight:
223 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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