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Climate Change Doomed the Ancients (Bad History Alert)
New York Slimes ^ | 5/27/14 | Eric Cline

Posted on 05/28/2014 11:16:33 AM PDT by mojito

...Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a stalwart believer that global warming is a “hoax,” dismissed the report as a publicity stunt.

Perhaps the senator needs a history lesson, because climate change has been leading to global conflict — and even the collapse of civilizations — for more than 3,000 years. Drought and famine led to internal rebellions in some societies and the sacking of others, as people fleeing hardship at home became conquerors abroad.

One of the most vivid examples comes from around 1200 B.C. A centuries-long drought in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean regions, contributed to — if not caused — widespread famine, unrest and ultimately the destruction of many once prosperous cities, according to four recent studies.

The scientists determined the length and severity of the drought by examining ancient pollen as well as oxygen and carbon isotope data drawn from alluvial and mineral deposits. All of their conclusions are corroborated by correspondence, inscribed and fired on clay tablets, dating from that time.

Ancient letters from the Hittite kingdom, in what is now modern-day Turkey, beseech neighboring powers for shipments of grain to stave off famine caused by the drought. (The drought is thought to have affected much of what is now Greece, Israel, Lebanon and Syria for up to 300 years.)

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: ancientgorians; catastrophism; climatechange; globalwarmingscare; godsgravesglyphs; planetgore; revisionisthistory; waronhistory; waronsciencememe
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To: mojito

41 posted on 05/28/2014 1:01:59 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: mojito

This can’t be true, the Earth was a green paradise devoid of hardship until Ford invented the automobile.


42 posted on 05/28/2014 1:29:54 PM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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Libs changed the terminology from global warming to climate change for a couple of reasons. Temperature data was not showing the global warming they were predicting; but likely more important by calling it climate change it is a trap of words. Is there climate change? Of course, anyone that argues that the climate does not change looks like an idiot. The issue is whether or not climate change is caused or made worse by man, that is where they want the water muddied. Conservatives are slow to pick up on the changes in wording- used to denying global warming is man-made now they are trapped into saying climate change is not real. I have heard several candidates say that recently. Just the other morning I watched a Republican candidate asked if climate change was real- and he rapidly replied that climate change is a hoax.

Many issues have been muddied by liberals changing the language. Illegal aliens>illegal immigrants>immigrants...done on purpose to create confusion between illegal immigration and legal immigration. Makes it easier for libs to convince people that those against illegal immigration are just racist. Then they can say- we are a nation of immigrants, we have always welcomed immigration...blah, blah, blah.

Liberals change wording for a reason, we all need to be on our toes.


43 posted on 05/28/2014 2:12:40 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: mojito; a fool in paradise; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Thanks mojito for the topic and ping, and thanks a fool in paradise for the ping.

44 posted on 05/28/2014 5:19:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Thanks mojito for the topic and ping, and thanks a fool in paradise for the ping. Also one of *those* topics, as well as straight-up catastrophism.

45 posted on 05/28/2014 5:21:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: mojito

Oh, for heaven’s sake. Is the New York Times really that stupid, or are they just pretending?


46 posted on 05/28/2014 9:32:24 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: BenLurkin
"If it wasn’t for global warming — Chicago would still be under a mile of ice."

The oceans must have been pretty low then. If not, what happened to all the melted ice water?
47 posted on 05/29/2014 6:00:42 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: clearcarbon

Some info here: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/GLACgeog.HTM


48 posted on 05/29/2014 6:55:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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