Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire: Reconstructing the Past from Scientific and Historical Evidence.

The article discusses the possibility that climate change affected the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, using both historical and scientific evidence. It is said that the earth's climate was stable during the rise of the Empire, with the Nile River flooding in an optimal manner for Egypt's agricul...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Interdisciplinary History Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 169 - 221
Autores principales:	McCormick, Michael, Büntgen, Ulf, Cane, Mark A., Cook, Edward R., Harper, Kyle, Huybers, Peter, Litt, Thomas, Manning, Sturt W., Mayewski, Paul Andrew, More, Alexander F. M., Nicolussi, Kurt, Tegel, Willy
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	MIT Press Autumn2012
Materias:	Climate change Roman history Science & history Agriculture Effect of volcanic eruptions on Earth temperature Global temperature changes Meteorological precipitation Droughts History Rome Egypt Nile River
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