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The Years without Summer: Tracing A.D. 536 and its aftermath
Joel D. Gunn
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"In the fall season of A.D. 536 Cassiodorus sat at his writing table....." So Joel D. Gunn begins this interesting and unusual topic of study. Fifteen further papers discuss the climatic events and ramifications of that year, when the absence of sunlight turned the grapes bitter and gaunt faces walked the streets of Rome and all of Europe. This book examines the first millennium A.D. worldwide context of Cassiodorus and the situation he and his contemporaries experienced. Can we draw any comparisons with today's global changes?
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Table of Contents
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1. A.D. 536 AND ITS 300-YEAR AFTERMATH
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I. CHANGES IN POWER: DRY FOG IN EUROPE
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II. CHANGES IN POWER: ECONOMIC AND MILITARY BALANCES IN THE MAYA LOWLANDS
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III. CHANGES IN DYNASTIES AND EMPIRES: FAR HORIZONS
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IV. CHANGES IN TIME AND TEMPERATURE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL TIME AND GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
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V. CHANGES IN PLACE: MOVEMENT IN PREHISTORIC POPULATIONS
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VI. CHANGES IN SOCIETY: ADJUSTING TO ELEVATED ENVIRONMENTS
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VII. CHANGES OF SEASONS: SLIPPAGE OF SEASONAL PATTERNS
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Published: 2000
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841710747 (paperback)
- 9781407352121 (ebook)
BAR Number: S872
- Mediterranean
- East Asia
- Central and South America and the Caribbean
- Africa
- Western Europe and Britain
- Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
- North America
- Late Antiquity and Byzantium
- Prehistory (general titles only)
- Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
- Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate