Environmental history

Climate matters: an influence of climate variability on human societies in the past (L. Dolák)

Lecture structure

  • Monsoon matters vol. 1: West African Monsoon 
  • Monsoon matters vol. 2: China: Tang and Ming dynasties
  • Monsoon matters vol. 3: The Maya: classic period
  • Late Antique Little Ice Age (536–ca 660 CE)
  • Medieval Climate Anomaly (950–1300 CE)
  • Little Ice Age (ca. 1320–1850 CE)
  • Laki eruption 1783/84 CE

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Supplementary reading

  • CHANDAN and PELTIER (2020): African Humid Period Precipitation Sustained by Robust Vegetation, Soil, and Lake Feedbacks. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, 21, e2020GL088728. 
  • PAUSATA et al. (2020): The Greening of the Sahara - Past Changes and Future Implications. One Earth, 2, 3, 235–250.

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Video materials

The Mayans - Ruins Among the Trees