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WhatdotheriseandfalloftheRomanEmpire,theThirtyYears’WarandtheRenaissancehaveincommon?Forone,theywereallstarklyaffectedbyextremeweatherconditions.Indeed,ifwetakeafreshlookathumanhistoryinthelightofEarth’svolatileclimate,wecanexposehiddenparallels,drawsurprisingconclusionsandexplainbizarrehistoricalconundrumsbbb Thistwo-partercombinesnaturalsciencesandhistory,ajourneyfromtheBigBangtoIceland’svolcanoes–agrippingnarrativethatexploreslittle-knownconnectionsbetweentheEarth’sclimateandmajorhistoricalevents. Aretheseextremesofweatherreallya21st-centuryphenomenon?Orhasclimatedeterminedthefateofhumanityeversinceamphibianstooktheirfirststepsonterrafirma?