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Environmental Change and Plague Epidemics before and after the Black Death in the Middle East and North Africa

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13521
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Historical studies in general
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies (2018-2019)
Waseda University (2017)

Principal Investigator

Kumakura Wakako  東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 助教 (80613570)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsマムルーク朝 / エジプト / ナイル / 環境史 / 社会史 / 中世エジプト史 / 黒死病 / ペスト / 疫病 / 農業生産 / 自然災害 / 西アジア史 / エジプト中世史 / 疫病史 / 社会経済史 / 西アジア・イスラーム史 / 地中海世界
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study focused on epidemics, climate change, and socioeconomic trends in the Middle East and North Africa (Arab region) from the latter half of the 13th century to the mid-16th century, which is the transition period from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age. I dealt with the correlations and patterns, and pursued the environment in which humans were placed, the effects that environmental changes had on humans, and the human reactions to them. In the process, I also examined a method of analyzing the correlation between natural phenomena and human economic and social activities.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中世における中東・イスラーム地域の人々が黒死病の流行によりどのようなリアクションを見せたかという問題については、短期的な変化が論じられてきた。本研究では、対象とする時代を広げることにより、黒死病やそれが副次的にもたらす環境変動が、長期的にいかに人間社会に大きな影響を与えたかについて議論できる可能性を提示した。また、方法論をめぐっては、これまで着目されていなかった単純なデータをいかに利用できるかをデジタル・ヒューマニティーズ的視点から検討し、可能性を提示した。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Open Access: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Aix-Marseille University(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Marburg(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] NARSS(エジプト)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] (研究ノート)限られた史料で何ができるか:中世エジプト環境史を模索する2019

    • Author(s)
      熊倉 和歌子
    • Journal Title

      お茶の水史学

      Volume: 62 Pages: 189-200

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Patterns of Women’s Landholding in the Late Mamluk Period: A Statistical Study Based on the Ottoman Land Register Daftar Jaysh2019

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Journal Title

      Orient

      Volume: 54 Pages: 7-22

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Research Note for the Topography of Medieval Buheira2018

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Journal Title

      上智アジア学

      Volume: 35 Pages: 67-86

    • NAID

      120006453422

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 澤井一彰著『オスマン朝の食料危機と穀物供給:16世紀後半の東地中海世界』2018

    • Author(s)
      熊倉 和歌子
    • Journal Title

      オリエント

      Volume: 60-2 Pages: 214-218

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Resilience to Catastrophes in view of the Transformation of the Medieval Basin2020

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      Workshop: Environment and Economy in Premodern Egypt and Beyond
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Ottoman Impact on Financial Records and Administrative Networks in Egypt (read by professor Stefan Conermann)2019

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      The Second Conference on the Mamluk-Ottoman Transition: Continuity and Change in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham in the Sixteenth Century
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Continuity and Change in the Landscape of Fayyum throughout Medieval and Early Modern History2019

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      Inaugural Workshop of the EGYLandscape Project: Sources, Methods, & Tools
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Land Holding and Financial Activities of the Awlad al-Nas: Continuity and Change during the Transition Period2019

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      Middle East Studies Association
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Shift from Medieval to Modern in the Natural Environment of Egypt: A Case Study of Lake Idku and Its Surroundings2018

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      Workshop “The Mediterranean as a Plaza”
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 中世エジプトの土地制度とナイル灌漑2019

    • Author(s)
      熊倉 和歌子
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784130261609
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] EGYLandscape Project

    • URL

      https://www.egylandscape.org/index.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop: Environment and Economy in Premodern Egypt and Beyond2020

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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