The Fate of Rome
- Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
- Indbinding:
- Paperback
- Sideantal:
- 440
- Udgivet:
- 9. april 2019
- Størrelse:
- 202x134x40 mm.
- Vægt:
- 422 g.
- 8-11 hverdage.
- 16. januar 2025
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- 20 timers lytning og læsning
- Adgang til 70.000+ titler
- Ingen binding
Abonnementet koster 75 kr./md.
Ingen binding og kan opsiges når som helst.
Beskrivelse af The Fate of Rome
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire
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 RomeΓÇÖs powerΓÇöa story of natureΓÇÖs 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. The Fate of Rome is a sweeping account of how one of historyΓÇÖs greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to, the cumulative burden of natureΓÇÖs violence.
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 RomeΓÇÖs powerΓÇöa story of natureΓÇÖs 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. The Fate of Rome is a sweeping account of how one of historyΓÇÖs greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to, the cumulative burden of natureΓÇÖs violence.
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