Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue. Revised and updated ten years after its first publication, Floods, Famines and Emperors remains the...
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In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue. Revised and updated ten years after its first publication, Floods, Famines and Emperors remains the definitive account of how the world’s best-known climate event had an indelible impact on history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780465005307 (0465005306)
Publish date: February 10th 2009
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
The premise of this book seemed interesting: how extreme weather patterns influenced the rise and fall of civilizations through history. Climate change is in the news almost daily these days, and I've watched the people on the Weather Channel explain El Nino before so I thought "Hey, this might be...
I came across this book while browsing in our home library. Well, more accurately, sitting on a dining room chair staring at a loaded bookcase, glassy-eyed and drooling. When I first encountered the woman who is now my wife, one of her most attractive characteristics was that she was a big-time read...
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