false 2048995 1 How the earth&#8217;s previous global warming phase, from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, reshaped human societies from the Arctic to the Sahara--a wide-ranging history with sobering lessons for our own time. From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed climate worldwide--a preview of today's global warming. In some areas, including Western Europe, longer summers brought bountiful harvests and population growth that led to cultural flowering. In the Arctic, Inuit and Norse sailors made cultural connections across thousands of miles as they traded precious iron goods. Polynesian sailors, riding new wind patterns, were able to settle the remotest islands on earth. But in many parts of the world, the warm centuries brought drought and famine. Elaborate societies in western and central America collapsed, and the vast building complexes of Chaco Canyon and the Mayan Yucatan were left empty. As he did in his bestselling <i>The Little Ice Age</i>, anthropologist and historian Brian Fagan reveals how subtle changes in the environment had far-reaching effects on human life, in a narrative that sweeps from the Arctic ice cap to the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. The history of the Great Warming of a half millennium ago suggests that we may yet be underestimating the power of climate change to disrupt our lives today--and our vulnerability to drought, writes Fagan, is the silent elephant in the room. 2053931 4 3 2008 The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations total:47|5:9|4:9|3:20|2:7|1:2| 47 157 136 18 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 12:52:04 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 13:14:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 true false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:05:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:13:28 -0700 2009 1
I felt like the author was extremely intelligent and there were nuggets of tr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:33:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:43:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:32:17 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:35:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 06:41:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 06:40:45 -0700 2009
About a thousand years ago, the earth's climate w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 19:12:55 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 13:44:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 10:21:32 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 11:24:41 -0800 2008
I made it less than halfway through Brain Fagan's "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations."

The book focuses on the period in the lat...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 21:02:08 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 21:47:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 09:07:58 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 09:07:58 -0700 2009
BUT WAIT: it's about the global warming which took place from roughly 1000-1300 in Europe, and similar years in the rest of the world. The author has also written another book about the little ice age which lasted until the midd...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 17:27:55 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 10:26:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 16 09:49:20 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 09:53:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 12 05:26:58 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 05:27:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 21:02:37 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 10:25:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 18:24:55 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 07:33:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 10:48:46 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 20:32:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 25 12:04:33 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 12:06:26 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 14:56:02 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 06:51:31 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 23 20:33:15 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:33:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 18:10:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 18:10:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 01:14:56 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 01:14:56 -0700 2009