Near Eastern Tribal Societies During the Nineteenth Century: Economy, Society and Politics Between Tent and Town

by Eveline J. van der Steen

This volume provides an in-depth study of tribal life in the Near East in the 19th century, exploring how tribes shaped society, economy and politics in the desert, as well as in villages and towns. Until the First World War Near Eastern society was tribally organized. Particularly in the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, where the Ottoman empire was weak, large and powerful tribes such as Anaze, Beni Sakhr and Shammar interacted and competed for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367872234
• ISBN13: 9780367872236
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages