HIST 1003 Chapter : Hist1003 Test1 1
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By late 1200s temperatures were warmer than they are today. 900-1300 known as medieval period records were kept by priests year 1315 it rained like no other in the northern hemisphere stored crops crop yields grew population grew. 1316 began to seem like the end of the world starvation, temperatures and growing season were down a little over two decades. 1348 bubonic plague came to europe (a lot of death) End of 1390s a third to a half of the people were dead, but if the growing season had not been short more people would have survived. 1315- ? known as the little ice age. Life of peasants females lived to 35 (a lot of death due to childbirth) (most under 5") Male lived to 40 (5"3"" to 5"4"") Primary cause of death was infectious diseases. During this time animals were small small manure no fertilizer no crops. 50% of children died before age 5.
