Kyle Harper's book The Fate of Rome marks the thunderous entry of Nature into the world of
ancient history of the twenty-first century. This is not the first book devoted to questions of …

Sickles and other reaping tools made of iron were taken into use as late as 200 BC in central
Scandinavia, even though iron was known several hundred years earlier. This delay …

This essay explores some possible connections between large scale migrations, conflict,
and climate change in Late Antiquity, focusing on the Eurasian steppe as a site of large …

This dissertation examines and argues the importance of climate in the daily lives of people–
individuals and groups alike–in late antiquity. Central to the project is a reformulation of what …

This thesis evolved from a short paper idea in my sophomore year to the admittedly overlong
treatise you have before you now. Needless to say, it represents the culmination of my …

At its core, environmental history is the study of a reciprocal relationship between that of
humanity and its environment. The incorporation of environmental science to Byzantine …

Dans l'Antiquité comme de nos jours, le terme «nature» est caractérisé par une polysémie
qui, toutefois, dans les études qui s' occupent du sujet selon les diverses perspectives …

All water on earth in the early Middle Ages is for a greater part the same physical water that
is on the earth now. Most of the earth's water moves through the hydrological cycle through …