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0 AD/BC 1000 BC 1000 AD Minoan Warm Period Medieval Warm Period Roman Warm Period Modern Warm Period European Dark Age Greek Dark Age Subboreal Climate, warm, dry Subatlantic Climate, cool, wet Last Western Roman emperor deposed by the Germans The Han dynasty collapses, China divides into three kingdoms Mycenaean civilization collapses, palaces plundered, Hittite empire falls, end of the bronze age. Droughts in US, India, Europe, Africa, China, and West Asia. Little Ice Age Maunder Minimum Indian Harappa civilization collapses and the “14 th Egyptian dynasty” collapses in the Egyptian “Dark Age” Bronze Age Iron Age C 14 Hallstatt disaster, collapse of the Egyptian Kingdom after Pharaoh Takeloth, Alps tree line moves lower, European temperatures drop 1-2°C Roman and the Chinese Han Dynasty flourished at this time. Yellow River freezes, frost in July in China, Shang Dynasty collapses. Great migration of Goths, Huns and Vandals begins. Roman famine and losses to the Goths, the Empire breaks into numerous parts, terrible crime Brief Roman revival and reunification Grapes introduced to Britain and Germany Ch’in unifies China Starvation, extreme cold, over a third of the European population dies in 784 First Viking colony established in Greenland Rabaul (Papua- New Guinea) erupts, “the sun lacked brightness” Vikings conquer Ireland, Normandy, Sicily & Russia The great famine and Black Death Last report from Greenland Witch hunts reach maximum in 1600, 50,000 witches burned 1940 HadCRUT avg 2015 to 1996 (smoothed and raw) -30.3°C Thera-Santorini eruption.
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0 AD/BC1000 BC
1000 AD
Minoan WarmPeriod
MedievalWarm Period
Roman WarmPeriod
Modern WarmPeriod
EuropeanDark Age
Greek DarkAge
Subboreal Climate, warm, dry Subatlantic Climate, cool, wet
Last WesternRoman emperordeposed by theGermans
The Han dynastycollapses, Chinadivides into threekingdoms
Mycenaean civilizationcollapses, palacesplundered, Hittiteempire falls, end of thebronze age.Droughts in US, India,Europe, Africa, China,and West Asia.
Little Ice Age
MaunderMinimum
Indian Harappacivilizationcollapses and the“14th Egyptiandynasty”collapses in theEgyptian “DarkAge”
Bronze Age Iron Age
C14 Hallstatt disaster,collapse of the EgyptianKingdom after PharaohTakeloth, Alps tree linemoves lower, Europeantemperatures drop 1-2°C
Roman and the ChineseHan Dynasty flourishedat this time.
Yellow River freezes,frost in July in China,Shang Dynasty collapses.
Great migration ofGoths, Huns and Vandalsbegins. Roman famineand losses to the Goths,the Empire breaks intonumerous parts, terriblecrime
Brief Roman revivaland reunification
Grapes introducedto Britain andGermany
Ch’in unifiesChina
Starvation, extremecold, over a third ofthe Europeanpopulation dies in 784
First Viking colonyestablished inGreenlandRabaul (Papua-
New Guinea)erupts, “the sunlacked brightness”
Vikings conquerIreland,Normandy,Sicily & Russia
The greatfamineand BlackDeath
Last report fromGreenland
Witch huntsreach maximumin 1600, 50,000witches burned
1940
HadCRUT avg 2015to 1996 (smoothedand raw) -30.3°C
Thera-Santorinieruption.
