[HN Gopher] Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman Empire, tree
       rings suggest
        
       Author : Eumenes
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2023-11-26 15:05 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cam.ac.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cam.ac.uk)
        
       | RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
       | This is getting tiresome and predictable.
       | 
       | There seems to be a concerted effort across academia to:
       | 
       | 1. Depict invasions as migrations and downplay any effects on the
       | population being invaded.
       | 
       | 2. Ascribe the primary cause of all events to climate change.
        
         | OfSanguineFire wrote:
         | That the Age of Migrations was driven by cycles of good climate
         | and bad, is an idea that goes back decades, well before our
         | current anxiety about the anthropogenic effects on climate.
         | Even that name, Age of Migrations, goes back decades in several
         | languages.
         | 
         | The nomadic populations of the steppe did cover a large area
         | each year, but their needs were met within that limited area.
         | No steppe population made the vast trek across Eurasia unless
         | they were compelled to.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2023-11-26 23:01 UTC)