TY  - GEN
N2  - This thesis examines the socio-cultural history of ???natural? disasters such as earthquakes, ?floods and droughts in Egypt during the Mamlu?k era (1250-??1517). The first part explores ?what a natural disaster is, and how it is defined in the Arab culture. Here ?concepts of ?disaster and interpretation models take center stage. The main argument in this part is that Mamlu?k ?authors reworked interpretations of catastrophes as they knew from pre-Islamic ancient ?cultures and added new understandings which they gleaned from cross-cultural ?interactions.

The second part gives a systematic analysis of historical disasters, providing a greater insight into the ?various ways they affected social, political and economic life on the local level.? Relying on primary sources, it shows how Mamlu?k ?society ?shaped responses to these catastrophic events, and to what extent the perception and ?interpretation had an impact on the socio-cultural ?handling of natural disasters?. ?The answers to all these questions lead to the final and central question of the study: Can Mamlu?k Egypt be ?considered a ?culture of disaster? in accordance with Greg Bankoff?s theory?

TI  - Natural Disasters in Mamlu?k Egypt (1250-1517): Perceptions, Interpretations and Human Responses.
A1  - Chalyan-Daffner, Kristine
Y1  - 2014///
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/17711/
KW  - Arabische Literatur
KW  -  Ajaib wa gharaib
KW  -  Malhama
KW  -  astro-meteorologie
KW  -  Chroniken
KW  -  Erdbeben
KW  -  Nil
KW  -  Überschwemmung
KW  - Dürre
KW  -  Transkulturalität
AV  - public
ID  - heidok17711
ER  -