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Nov 8, 2022 · The Byzantine Empire was affected by climate change. New research reveals how warming and cooling trends correspond to economic upswings and declines that took place in Byzantium.
Meteorology in Byzantium involved not only the theoretical approaches included in philosophical and theological texts, but also offered practical forecasts included in weather lore and other accounts that did not conform to scientific and religious explanations.
- Ioannis Telelis
works in Byzantium, but also the tradition of the literature about weather prediction. According to Telelis, meteorology in Byzantium involved the theoretical approaches contained in philosophical texts, and also offered practical forecasts based in weather
Jan 1, 2007 · Which weather phenomena are described by the Byzantine authors as affecting people on move? What was the impact of weather upon land transport and communications?
This paper focuses on weather and climate as factors affecting certain facets of human activity during the Byzantine period.
27 eastern Roman empire, more usually known as Byzantium, was recovering from its early medieval 28 crisis and experiencing favourable climatic conditions for the agricultural and demographic growth.
Telelis compiled systematic surveys of extreme weather conditions and their effects from Byzantine archival sources for the period from 300 to 1500 c.e., and Stathakopoulos cataloged episodes of famine and disease from 284 to 750 c.e.
