One-Humped History: The Camel as Historical Actor in the Late Ottoman Empire

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Abstract

This article explores the so far little explored animal dimension of the significant social, economic, and ecological transformations that occurred in Western Anatolia in the late Ottoman Empire. It focuses on how the use of the hybrid, one-humped "Turcoman" camel transformed the way in which trade and transport operated in the region. In light of Ottoman, Turkish, and European sources, it suggests that the camel was a visible yet often underestimated actor in the incorporation of Western Anatolia into global markets and integrating the camel as important history-shaping actor into the historical narrative allows us to better grasp the complex relationships that existed between humans, nature, and technology and to change the way we think about the Ottoman Empire.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)57-72
Seitenumfang16
FachzeitschriftInternational Journal of Middle East Studies
Jahrgang53
Ausgabenummer1
Frühes Online-Datum22 Dez. 2020
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Feb. 2021

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