Megadroughts, Enso, and the Invasion of Late-Roman Europe by the Huns and Avars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23158522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward R Cook (0000-0001-7478-4176, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 89-102 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ancient Mediterranean Environment Between Science and History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004254053_006 |
| OpenAlex | W2427420610 |
| ISBN | 9789004254053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
In this chapter the author argues that prolonged periods of drought may have contributed to the migration of the Huns and Avars westward into Europe during late-Roman times. It investigates the long-range teleconnection between the tropical Pacific Ocean El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system and central Asian climate as a possible contributor to the development of droughts there. The evidence presented in the chapter suggests that climate may have played a role in the invasions of late-Roman Europe by the Huns and Avars. The chapter presents evidence for the long-range teleconnection between precipitation over central Asia and China and the ENSO in the equatorial Pacific as a plausible mechanism for how the Hun-Avar megadroughts occurred. This will be done through the use of two millennialong ENSO sensitive tree-ring chronologies from New Mexico in the USA and the North Island of New Zealand. Keywords:Asian climate; Avars; China; El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system; Europe; Huns; megadroughts
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · Climate change · Climatology · El Niño Southern Oscillation · Geography · Global climate · Meteorology · Period (music) · Precipitation · Range (aeronautics) · Southern oscillation · Teleconnection · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Geology · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Oceanography
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| Citations per year | 2.42 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |