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Floods, famines, and emperors
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Brian M. Fagan |
Civilisations have long been dictated by cycles of rise and fall. The author shows beautifully how El Nino gave rise to human civilisation and continually shape and alter their fates, and how human a… |
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Six degrees
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Mark Lynas |
A well documented summary of studies relating to the effects of climate change. The chapters are organized by the effects on people, the economy,and the climate for every additional degree of temper… |
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Third millennium BC climate change and old world collapse
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Harvey Weiss |
Around 4000 years ago the advanced urban civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and India suddenly collapsed. What happened? Did a prolonged drought cause the breakdown of social order? Recent discoveri… |
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