Ironically, those who suffered through those dark times may not have realized the cause of their misery. "It happened over 200 years. People may not have even recognized the climate was changing, because it was happening so slowly over their lifetime," Drake said.
http://www.wunderground.com/news/downfall-ancient-greece-caused-300-year-drought-20131022
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Most of history is more about the climate than man. We just react to nature, for all our bluster over mastering it.
ReplyDeleteThe ancient Greek myths list a golden age, followed by a silver age, a great flood, then stone age, and the modern (classic Greek) age. Add in the droughts and the stories match much of Genesis as well.
ReplyDeleteWarming, cooling , plenty, and famine continued to shape history more so than most traditional historians care to admit.