The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (Chinese Edition)

Kyle Harper

ISBN 10: 7559630383 / ISBN 13: 9787559630384

Published by Beijing United Publishing co., LTD, 2019

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (Chinese Edition)
• Publisher: Beijing United Publishing co., LTD
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN 10: 7559630383
• ISBN 13: 9787559630384
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 760 grams

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Synopsis

How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman EmpireHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome's power--a story of nature's triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. The Fate of Rome is Harper's sweeping account of how one of history's greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature's violence.