Water, Life and Civilisation

This volume is an outcome of a five-year research project (2005–2009) based at the University of Reading, UK, entitled Water, Life and Civilisation. This project's aim was: to assess the changes in the hydrological climate of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and their impact on human communities between 20,000 BP and AD 2100, with a case study of the Jordan Valley.