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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850
The Little Ice Age How Climate Made History 13001850
Author: Brian Fagan
Only in the last decade have climatologists developed an accurate picture of yearly climate conditions in historical times. This development confirmed a long-standing suspicion: that the world endured a 500-year cold snap -- The Little Ice Age -- that lasted roughly from A.D. 1300 until 1850. The Little Ice Age tells the story of the tu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781417625901
ISBN-10: 1417625902
Publication Date: 12/24/2001
Pages: 246
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Publisher: San Val
Book Type: School & Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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I was primarily interested in how the changes in the weather affected national policies, diets, population movements, and other events. And I'm happy to say I discovered a lot of what I was looking for, including some interesting trivia.

For example, "...between 1695 and 1728, inhabitants of the Orkeny Islands off northern Scotland were startled to see an Inuit in his kayak paddling off their coasts." This was because cold had forced many of the animals hunted by these people further south as the northern seas had frozen over.


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