The long summer :how climate changed civilization /Brian Fagan.

Name/Title

The long summer :how climate changed civilization /Brian Fagan.

Description

The threshold of vulnerability -- pt. 1. Pumps and conveyor belts. The late ice age orchestra, 18,000 to 13,500 B.C. -- The virgin continent, 15,000 to 11,000 B.C. -- Europe during the great warming, 15,000 to 11,000 B.C. -- The thousand-year drought, 11,000 to 10,000 B.C. -- pt. 2. The centuries of summer. The cataclysm, 10,000 to 4000 B.C. -- Droughts and cities, 6200 to 1900 B.C. -- Gifts of the desert, 6000 to 3100 B.C. -- pt. 3. The distance between good and bad fortune. The dance of air and ocean, 2200 to 1200 B.C. -- Celts and Romans, 1200 to A.D. 900 -- The great droughts, A.D. 1 to 1200 -- Magnificent ruins, A.D. 1 to 1200 -- Epilogue. A.D. 1200 to modern times. xvii, 284 p. :ill., maps ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Fagan, Brian M.

Publication Subjects

Climatic changes--Environmental aspects. Civilization--History.

Call No.

QC981.8.C5F34 2004

ISBN

0465022820 (pbk.)

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index. Publication Info: New York :Basic Books,2005, c2004.