This book, which relies on the treatise of the "Nabatean Agriculture," offers a good deal of information relating to ecology, economy and agro-technics that is essential to the understanding of the working and development of the agricultural economy of ancient Mesopotamia.

Mohammed El Faïz, Doctorat d'Etat (1987) in Economy (University of Casablanca), is professor of the History of Economy (University of Marrakech). He has published many articles and collaborated in writing books relating to the agronomy of Mesopotamia and Islam.