03168nam 2200685 a 450 991077707910332120230207223324.01-134-97758-11-280-11230-197866101123020-203-99568-6(CKB)1000000000001298(EBL)240617(OCoLC)153925640(SSID)ssj0000171911(PQKBManifestationID)11922779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171911(PQKBWorkID)10133222(PQKB)11627435(MiAaPQ)EBC240617(Au-PeEL)EBL240617(CaPaEBR)ebr5001162(CaONFJC)MIL11230(OCoLC)936911886(EXLCZ)99100000000000129820020415d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHistory and climate change[electronic resource] a Eurocentric perspective /Neville BrownLondon Routledge20011 online resource (406 p.)Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-415-75505-0 0-415-01959-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 A confluence of disciplines; 2 Climate dynamics; 3 Empires and barbarians; 4 Antiquity melds; 5 Northerly engagement; 6 Towards the optimum; 7 The Near East in crisis; 8 How savage a culmination?; 9 Through the optimum; 10 Water, warmth and emergent Europe; 11 Pointers to a future; Appendix A: Assessing past climates; Appendix B: An outline chronology, 211-1350; Notes; Select bibliography; IndexHistory and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories, which have arisen regarding man's progress through the ages.Central to the book is the question of whether climate variation is a fundamental trigger mechanism from which other historical sequences develop, or one amongst a number of other factors, decisive only when a regime/society is poised foRoutledge studies in physical geography and environment ;3.Climatic changesEuropeHistoryClimatic changesSocial aspectsEuropeHuman geographyEuropeHuman beingsEffect of climate onEuropeHistoryEuropeCivilizationClimatic changesHistory.Climatic changesSocial aspectsHuman geographyHuman beingsEffect of climate onHistory.551.694Brown Neville183367MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777079103321History and climate change3836445UNINA