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hbl99075265 |
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20201001115007.0 |
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171006s2017 njua b 001 0 eng d |
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$abl2017042140 |
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ISBN |
20
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$a9780691166834 |
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39
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$a305491$cTLC |
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$aNjBwBT$beng$cNjBwBT$erda$dGCG |
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LC Call |
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$aDG270$b.H26 2017 |
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Dewey Class |
82
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$a937/.06$223 |
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Dewey Class |
82
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$a937$215 |
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ME:Pers Name |
100
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$aHarper, Kyle,$d1979-$eauthor. |
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Title |
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$aThe fate of Rome :$bclimate, disease, & the end of an empire /$cKyle Harper. |
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260
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$aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2017] |
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Phys Descrpt |
300
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$a415 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm. |
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Tag 336 |
336
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$atext$2rdacontent |
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Tag 337 |
337
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$aunmediated$2rdamedia |
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$avolume$2rdacarrier |
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Series:Diff |
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$aThe Princeton history of the ancient world |
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Note:Bibliog |
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$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-412) and index. |
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$aPrologue: Nature's triumph -- Environment and empire -- The happiest age -- Apollo's revenge -- The old age of the world -- Fortune's rapid wheel -- The wine-press of wrath -- Judgment Day -- Epilogue: Humanity's triumph? |
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$aDiscusses the roles of climate change and infectious diseases in the fall of the Roman empire, using new discoveries in climate science and genetics to trace a history of climatic instability and devastating illnesses that contributed to the empire's demise. |
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$aDiseases$zRome$xHistory. |
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Subj:Topical |
650
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$aClimatic changes$zRome$xHistory. |
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Subj:Geog. |
651
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$aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. |
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651
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$aRome$xCivilization. |
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SE:Ufm Title |
830
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$aPrinceton history of the ancient world. |
