The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the destructive Celali Rebellion (1595-1610). This rebellion marked a turning point in Ottoman fortunes, as a combination of ongoing Little Ice Age climate events, nomad incursions and rural disorder postponed Ottoman recovery over the following century, with enduring impacts on the region's population, land use and economy. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page ix) Preface (page xi) Glossary of Ottoman Terms (page xv) Maps (page xviii) Introduction (page 1) PART I: AN IMPERIAL ECOLOGY (page 15) 1 Regions, Resources, and Settlement (page 20) 2 Growth and Its Limits (page 52) 3 Disasters of the Late Sixteenth Century (page 78) 4 Land at the Margins: Karaman and Larende (page 104) PART II: THE LITTLE ICE AGE CRISIS (page 123) 5 The Little Ice Age in the Near East (page 126) 6 The Great Drought (page 140) 7 The Celali Rebellion (page 163) 8 In the Wake of the Celalis: Climate and Crisis in the Seventeenth Century (page 187) PART III: ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION (page 227) 9 Desert and Sown (page 229) 10 City and Country (page 249) 11 Provisioning and Commerce (page 276) Conclusion (page 298) Bibliography (page 301) Index (page 345)