"Drawing upon Ottoman, Russian, and Bulgarian archival sources, this book explores the nexus between the environment, epidemic disease, human mobility, and the centralizing initiatives of the Ottoman and Russian states in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As part of a broa…
This volume challenges the orthodox view that fishing and fish played only a marginal role in the economy of the ancient world. In fact, there is archaeological evidence for ancient fish processing on a commercial scale not only in the Mediterranean itself, but also on the Atlan…
The study of Russo-Turkish relations has enough historic interest because it covers many aspects of the Eastern Question. The Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774 was the point where the course of the Russo-Turkish relations changed. During the previous decades, Russia tried to establ…
This book provides information on the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to modern environmental problems associated with ocean pollution with a particular focus on the Back Sea. The oceans are a vast but fragile complex. In recent decades, it has become especially man…
This book provides information on the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to modern environmental problems associated with ocean pollution with a particular focus on the Back Sea. The oceans are a vast but fragile complex. In recent decades, it has become especially man…
Speciation of sulfur and iron was investigated in the solid phase Black Sea sediments and high-temperature hydrothermal vent fluids of the 9°50'N East Pacific Rise and Lau Basin. Other than pyrite, solid phase sulfur in the upper Black Sea sediments existed as inorganic S(0) and…
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the transnational sex trade that has developed between Turkey and the former Soviet Union in the post Cold War era. It is based on 16 months of field research in Trabzon, a port town on the northeastern Turkish Black Sea coast, where…
This document discusses the economic connection between Ottoman Anatolia and the Crimean Khanate within the context of the slave trade. It emphasizes the consumption of slaves in Anatolia as a driving force behind the khanate's consistent raiding into Russian territory. The freq…
Our ability to understand and interpret archaeological data collected from the excavation of an archaeological site is limited by our capacity to investigate it. This is often limited by our understanding of the surrounding environment and the modern landscape. This dissertation…
This thesis explores the nature of migration and movement between a Black Sea village and the urban and overseas communities formed by its inhabitants. It examines historical reasons for migration from the village and reveals how villagers on the Black Sea first migrated to Amer…
The present study examines the merchant networks which exported slaves from the Black Sea to Genoa, Venice, and Cairo from the late thirteenth to the late fifteenth century on the basis of both Arabic and Latin sources. It begins with an explanation of features distinctive to sl…
Trade, exchange and other forms of social interaction have long been recognized as important mechanisms for the development of communities and the maintenance of social bonds. How and under what circumstances these networks of communication develop into communities with a shared…