The environmental, archaeological and historical evidence for regional climatic changes and their societal impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity
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- 作者：Adam Izdebskia ; adam.izdebski@uj.edu.pl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jordan Pickettb ; Neil Robertsc ; Tomasz Waliszewskid
- 关键词：Anatolia ; Levant ; Eastern Mediterranean ; Late antiquity ; Roman empire ; Byzantium ; Arab conquests ; Climatic change ; Societal impact of climate change
- 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：136
- 期：Complete
- 页码：189-208
- 全文大小：3602 K
文摘
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We review different types of evidence for climate change in Anatolia and the Levant.
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A drought (~350–470AD) contributed to local famines and a change in urban water use.
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A wetter period after ~470 AD correlates with settlement expansion in arid lands.
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Another drier phase occurred already after the crisis caused by the Arab invasions.
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It contributed to the long-term settlement decline in some parts of the region.