HISTORY 1CC3 Lecture 5: 22/1/2016 1CC3
6 Apr 2016
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Reflections on climate change, puts turkic nomads and mongols on the move. The little optimum from 800/1000 ce to early 1300 ce. European colonization in the north: greenland and vineland; baltic; crop growing at higher altitudes. The little ice age from 1340-1600"s or late. Conjectures on the consequences for nomadic peoples of central asia. Internecine struggles in muslim world; turkic mercenaries: mamluks (formed an empire in egypt and near east) Baghdad became one of the more cultured places in history. Weather was so bad that it caused crop failure as far east as hungry. A lot of europe"s population starve to death 1315-1316 ce. The mongols were one of many nomadic people in central and northern asia. Nomadic people were responsible for a lot of expansion. Ala ud din was a warrior prince who established his own empire. Ala ud din had an army of 500,000.
