TY - BOOK ID - 16206023 TI - The fate of Rome : climate, disease & the end of an empire PY - 2017 SN - 9780691166834 0691166838 1400888913 9781400888917 0691192065 9780691192062 PB - New Jersey Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Civilization. KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. KW - HISTORY / Civilization. KW - SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change. KW - 30 B.C.-476 A.D. KW - Rome (Empire). KW - Rome KW - History KW - Civilisation KW - Roman history KW - anno 500-599 KW - anno 400-499 KW - anno 600-699 KW - anno 300-399 KW - anno 200-299 KW - Regression (Civilization) KW - Climatic changes KW - Human beings KW - Health aspects KW - Effect of climate on KW - Romeinse Rijk KW - Homo sapiens KW - Human race KW - Humanity (Human beings) KW - Humankind KW - Humans KW - Man KW - Mankind KW - People KW - Hominids KW - Persons KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Decline of civilization KW - Civilization KW - Progress KW - Environmental aspects KW - Philosophy KW - Rim KW - Roman Empire KW - Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) KW - Romi (Empire) KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Environmental conditions KW - Civilisation. KW - Geschiedenis KW - Klimaatveranderingen KW - Natuurrampen KW - Ziekte KW - E-books KW - Klimaatverandering KW - Natuurramp KW - Geneeskunde KW - Techniek (wetenschap) KW - Atlas KW - Museum KW - Global environmental change KW - Regression (Civilization) - History - To 1500 KW - Climatic changes - Health aspects - Rome KW - Human beings - Effect of climate on - Rome KW - Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D KW - Rome - Civilization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16206023 AB - Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nature’s triumph over human ambition.Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome’s pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a “little ice age” and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague.A poignant reflection on humanity’s intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history’s greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature’s violence. The example of Rome is a timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit—in ways that are surprising and profound. ER -