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L'agronomie de la Mésopotamie antique
Analyse du Livre de l'agriculture nabatéenne de Qûtâmä
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This book deals with the agronomy of ancient Mesopotamia. It relies on the original, yet hardly known, agronomic encyclopaedia: The âBook of Nabatean Agricultureâ written by Qûtâmä (end of Antiquity).
The three parts of the book analyze the origin of the Mesopotamian school of agriculture and its economic and agro-technical conceptions.
The material is a considerable contribution to the history of the Mesopotamian agriculture. It also contains the knowledge which was basic to the establishment of the agronomic culture of Islam. Besides, the historians of agronomy could, thanks to this new material, relate the Mesopotamian contribution to the development of the science of agriculture.
The three parts of the book analyze the origin of the Mesopotamian school of agriculture and its economic and agro-technical conceptions.
The material is a considerable contribution to the history of the Mesopotamian agriculture. It also contains the knowledge which was basic to the establishment of the agronomic culture of Islam. Besides, the historians of agronomy could, thanks to this new material, relate the Mesopotamian contribution to the development of the science of agriculture.
Mohammed El Faïz, Doctorat d'Etat (1987) in Economy (University of Casablanca), is professor of the History of Economy (University of Marrakech). He has published many articles and collaborated in writing books relating to the agronomy of Mesopotamia and Islam.
'Au total, l'Agriculture nabatéene, après avoir été longtemps méprisé, se révèle comme un ouvrage d'importance majeure qui apporte des informations précises, variées non seulement sur les techniques agricoles mais sur les principaux aspects des techniques agraires. L'ouvrage de M. El Faïz est à la hauteur de ce monument. Il reste à espérer que l'Agriculture nabatéenne trouve un traducteur. Il ne fait pas de doute qu'il mérite pleinement.'
Georges Tate, Histoire Rurale, 1996.
Georges Tate, Histoire Rurale, 1996.
It is intended for those interested in the history of agriculture and economy and also for assyriologists, archeologists, historians of sciences, and students of agronomy.