What was the Little Ice Age?
Rice paddy with a Chinese man planting rice The Medieval Warm period During the later Middle Ages, the climate, at least in some parts of the world, was a little [...]
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Farming and famine – Climate change
Climate change: Hunters, bison and aurochs Cave painting from Lascaux, ca. 15,000 BC Climate change and human evolution Climate change encouraged the evolution of the first humans, who probably evolved [...]
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Environment of Central Asia
Central Asian steppe What is the steppe? By the time the first Neanderthals reached Central Asia, maybe about 100,000 BC, most of Central Asia was covered by hundreds of miles [...]
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Ivan the Terrible – Russian History
Elena Glinskaya, ruler of Russia 1533-38 (before Ivan the Terrible) Ivan the Great When Ivan the Great, the first Czar of Russia, died in 1505 AD, he left Russia just [...]
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Medieval African Environment
African environment: the Sahara Desert A drought in the High Middle Ages Another very bad drought hit Africa in the Middle Ages, in 963 AD. Again, the drought led to [...]
