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... became a source of disease , especially bilharzia . The problem of drainage , both of the canals and of the ground water which endangered the cotton harvest , became particularly acute . Following the changes in irrigation methods most ...
... became a source of disease , especially bilharzia . The problem of drainage , both of the canals and of the ground water which endangered the cotton harvest , became particularly acute . Following the changes in irrigation methods most ...
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... became affected by the Pébrine disease , which resulted in a heavy fall in output to 100 tons only in 1860. It was not before the beginning of the 20th century that renewed attempts were made at the rehabilitation of sericulture and the ...
... became affected by the Pébrine disease , which resulted in a heavy fall in output to 100 tons only in 1860. It was not before the beginning of the 20th century that renewed attempts were made at the rehabilitation of sericulture and the ...
Page 162
... became more acute : generally the shaykh received from his settled tribesmen part of their harvest , like an absentee landlord ; frequently a considerable share of these lands was registered in his name and thus the great estates became ...
... became more acute : generally the shaykh received from his settled tribesmen part of their harvest , like an absentee landlord ; frequently a considerable share of these lands was registered in his name and thus the great estates became ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Process of Disintegration and Decay of the Ottoman Empire | 7 |
Summary 265 | 15 |
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Introduction to the Modern Economic History of the Middle East Zvi Yehuda Hershlag Limited preview - 1980 |
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19th century A. T. Wilson according administration agreement agriculture Arab Article Baghdad Baghdad Railway Bank Britain British budget capital capitulations commercial Company concession concessionnaires considerable Constantinople corvée cotton cultivation currency customs deficit Egypt Egyptian Empire's enterprises especially European expenditure exports feddan fellahin foreign France French granted hand Imperial important income increased industrialisation industry interest internal investments Iraq irrigation Islam Ismail Janissaries kharadj l'Egypte land League of Nations Lebanon loans London mainly Mamluk mandated Mehmed Ali's Middle East Midhat military million Turkish pounds modern monopoly Muslim official Ottoman Empire payments period Persia piastres political population port pounds sterling Powers production Public Debt railway reform regime revenue riyal Russian Shah Shuster structure Sublime Porte Suez Canal Sultan Syria Tanzimat taxes thirties tobacco tons trade Transjordan treasury Treaty Turkey Turkey's Turkish waqf World Young Turks