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Paper short abstract:

For long periods of time, the history of the environment has been the history of humans. due to the special conditions of the Iranian plateau, Iranians have unique ways of living in this net climate, and tried to write/publish the ways of preserving their lives in the form of various books.

Paper long abstract:

Until the agricultural revolution, the history of the environment was the history of humanity. in time whenever man has been able to establish a better relationship with environment, the survival of them has been ensured easer. Throughout history, different peoples have used different ways to coexist with nature. Methods of coexistence with nature were written down after time and mankind began to teach them to their children. What is now available as heritage in historical books is a part of his effort to preserve life by preserving knowledge and passing it on to the next generation. Due to the special conditions of the Iranian plateau, Iranians have unique ways of living in this area, and they have tried to write about their knowledge in the form of various books. One of the books in which has specially talked about the knowledge of agriculture and ways of working with the environment among Iranians, is the book Marafat Falahat/Agricultural Knowledge is attributed to Abdullah Birjandi (934AH/1528), prominent mathematician of 16th century. Birjandi has written about important topics about introducing the climate, different kinds of legumes, grains, trees, pest and diseases managements, etc. The present article refers to the book chapters with special reference to the method of historical criticism. Finaly, reviewing the methods of communication of the predecessors with the environment can be a useful step in better understanding the history of the environment. Because the path of the future will be better traveled by looking in the mirror of the past.