LEADER 03172nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910449812403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-11230-1 010 $a9786610112302 010 $a0-203-99568-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000001298 035 $a(EBL)240617 035 $a(OCoLC)153925640 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171911 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11922779 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171911 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10133222 035 $a(PQKB)11627435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5001162 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL11230 035 $a(OCoLC)936911886 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000001298 100 $a20020415d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHistory and climate change$b[electronic resource] $ea Eurocentric perspective /$fNeville Brown 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (406 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in physical geography and environment ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-75505-0 311 $a0-415-01959-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aHistory and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories, which have arisen regarding man's progress through the ages.Central to the book is the question of whether climate variation is a fundamental trigger mechanism from which other historical sequences develop, or one amongst a number of other factors, decisive only when a regime/society is poised fo 410 0$aRoutledge studies in physical geography and environment ;$v3. 606 $aClimatic changes$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects$zEurope 606 $aHuman geography$zEurope 606 $aHuman beings$xEffect of climate on$zEurope$xHistory 607 $aEurope$xCivilization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xHistory. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHuman geography 615 0$aHuman beings$xEffect of climate on$xHistory. 676 $a551.694 700 $aBrown$b Neville$0183367 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449812403321 996 $aHistory and climate change$92258223 997 $aUNINA