NEWS CATALOG COLLECTIONS AUTHORS FOREIGN RIGHTS + Marcel Bazin Tiger and Euphrates At the crossroads of greed Geography, territories € 22.00 BUY THE BOOK (Available in digital) READ AN EXCERPT It is in the fertile basin of these two inextricably linked rivers, now shared between Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran, that one of the oldest civilizations was born, that of ancient Mesopotamia. . Marcel Bazin guides us through the centuries-old history of this region where the Neolithic Revolution took place, where writing and the first city-states appeared, and where a rich and complex ethnolinguistic and religious mosaic was formed. Sometimes in a crossroads position, sometimes in a disputed position between neighbors, open to many influences, the areas watered by the Tigris and Euphrates have experienced various political configurations, depending on the strong fluctuations in water control. and the forms of occupation of the basin. The territorial redistribution operated at the end of the First World War, as well as the discovery of oil, sharpened the greed around these lands weakened and upset by the succession of conflicts and regional identity claims. In his reflection on his practice in the field, the author questions the long-term reconstruction and resilience capacities of this “fertile crescent” and of these peoples thanks to the nourishing rivers. AUTHOR (S) DETAILS Marcel Bazin Marcel Bazin is a geographer, honorary professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne ... YOU WILL LIKE ALSO Magali REGHEZZA-ZITT FRANCE - A GEOGRAPHY ON THE MOVE Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin, Guillaume Poiret UNITED STATES / CANADA. CROSSED LOOKS Ludivine BANTIGNY, Jenny RAFLIK, Jean VIGREUX THE FRENCH SOCIETY FROM 1945 TO TODAY Kevin LIMONIER, Vladimir PAWLOTSKY RUSSIA - A RENEWAL POWER? THE MEDIA ARE TALKING ABOUT IT Dominique Garcia, Jeremy Perrodeau The Gauls with the naked eye Pierre Gonneau Novgorod Alain Quemin The world of galleries Philippe Grandcolas The smile of the pangolin Search the site General catalog Anthropology and contemporary worlds Literary Arts and Essays Biology and health Chemistry Ecology, environment, earth sciences Right economy Geography, territories Story History of science Linguistic Mathematics Philosophy and History of Ideas Physics and Astrophysics Prehistory International relationships Journals Engineering Sciences Political science and sociology Religious sciences Society SUBSCRIBE TO THE CNRS EDITIONS NEWSLETTER! New arrivals Forbidden City, Imperial Palaces and Royal Courts RA 20 - The mine of Ri (Orne) French Yearbook of International Law 66 - 2020 African Antiquities 57 CNRS ÉDITIONS > CATALOG > GEOGRAPHY, TERRITORIES > TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES THEMES Story Philosophy Journals Right economy Mathematics JOURNALS Anatoli HERMES Gallia Science Notebooks All journals COLLECTIONS Biblis CNRS Alpha The Great Voices of Research Photographic documentation All the collections SOCIAL NETWORKS Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn © CNRS EDITIONS 2021 Legal Notice Cookies policy Consent Foreign rights Who are we ? Contact We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our use of cookies. Consent ACCEPT