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Floods, Famines, and Emperors

El Nino and the Fate of Civilization

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Floods, Famines, and Emperors

By: Brian Fagan
Narrated by: John Haag
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Summary
In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue.

Revised and updated 10 years after its first publication, Floods, Famines and Emperors remains the definitive account of how the world's best-known climate event had an indelible impact on history.

©2009 Brian Fagan (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
Archaeology Civilisation Earth Sciences Ecology Environment History History & Philosophy Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Sociology World Africa Imperialism Ancient History Latin America
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"A clear, fascinating look at an aspect of climate studies - and of El Niño - mostly ignored by science." (Amazon.com review)
"Fagan describes the mechanisms and effects of El Niños, La Niñas and other far-reaching meteorological events and then discusses how several societies have coped with them. Could severe climatic change topple a modern civilization? 'No one force--overpopulation, global warming, or rapid climate change--will destroy our civilization. But the combination of all three makes us prey to the knockout blow that could.'" (Scientific American)
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