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Water's role in the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
Science Daily ^
| December 11, 2014
| European Geosciences Union
Posted on 12/13/2014 6:19:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Roman aqueduct of Luynes. Credit: Daniel Jolivet
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12/13/2014 6:19:39 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/13/2014 6:20:17 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/13/2014 6:21:12 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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12/13/2014 6:21:40 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I’d recommend not salting your earth.
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12/13/2014 6:22:04 PM PST
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Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
Just don’t use lead pipes.
it has an unfortunate effect on Civilization.
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12/13/2014 6:23:31 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv
The Roman Empire fell into oblivian for many reasons, but the weather wasn’t one of them.
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12/13/2014 6:23:49 PM PST
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SpaceBar
To: Paladin2
Sort of like they did to Carthage, then tried recolonizing it later, right?
To: Morpheus2009
"Starting in the 19th century,[7] various texts claim that the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus Africanus plowed over and sowed the city of Carthage with salt after defeating it in the Third Punic War (146 BC), sacking it, and forcing the survivors into slavery. However, no ancient sources exist documenting the salting itself. The Carthage story is a later invention, probably modelled on the story of Shechem.[8] The ritual of symbolically drawing a plow over the site of a city is, however, mentioned in ancient sources, though not in reference to Carthage specifically.[9]"
How the heck do I know?
I do know that irrigation with mineral laden water can cause some real problems over time.
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12/13/2014 6:27:13 PM PST
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Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
It was my understanding that in the end, there were more takers than makers, with the treasury being plundered much as it is today in our own country, with the end result being financial collapse.
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12/13/2014 6:31:35 PM PST
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AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: SunkenCiv
Scientists are attempting to reduce the amount of water required to successfully raise our food.
Monsanto is the best known company doing this kind of research and is producing many GMO seeds which will help feed the world.
Africa has banned such life saving seeds in all but four countries.
It is somewhat disheartening to see so many Freepers on board with denying food to people who desperately need it.
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12/13/2014 6:31:38 PM PST
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Balding_Eagle
(The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
To: SunkenCiv
However, as we move closer to the limits of the planet's resources, our vulnerability to poor yields arising from climate change increases . . . My God, the left even tries to use the Roman Empire to pimp for Global Warming. Hey Dermody, leave the Romans alone.
To: left that other site
I think the lead issue is exaggerated as well.
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12/13/2014 6:40:19 PM PST
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Paladin2
Considering how valuable salt was, would he really waste it like that?
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12/13/2014 6:41:00 PM PST
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: AlaskaErik
Yes, the real cause of the collapse.
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12/13/2014 6:41:40 PM PST
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: SpaceBar
The Roman Empire fell into oblivian for many reasons, but the weather wasnt one of them.
I am sure liberals could tie it to global warming.
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12/13/2014 6:44:42 PM PST
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boycott
To: SpaceBar
I’ve seen a theory that the end of the Roman Warm Period coincided with the fall of the Western Empire.
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12/13/2014 6:45:53 PM PST
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: SunkenCiv
“However, as we move closer to the limits of the planet’s resources, our vulnerability to poor yields arising from climate change increases,”
The correct ending to this sentence is “...limits of the planet’s resources, the price of the scarce resources will rise and a free market will produce solutions that will make everyone wealthier.”
To: 1010RD
From the quick reading of Wiki, it looks like the salting was more symbolic/ritualistic than done over a wide area to the extent of being “permanent”.
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12/13/2014 6:52:16 PM PST
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Paladin2
To: AlaskaErik
Exactly.
The monies which would have supported trade and growth went instead to Bread and Circus.
TANSTAAFL, even in ancient Rome.
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12/13/2014 7:01:47 PM PST
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mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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