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How Did Civilizations in the Andes Deal with Environmental Upheaval? Interview with Professor Jason Nesbitt
Tides of History
Investing in a Cherry Tree Is a Disaster, Right?
The impact of El Nino can be seen in the economic and social ripple effects it has on a region. In central Washington, cherries are extremely sensitive to environmental fluctuations because they're grown for world-wide export. Once you have an elite political class whose legitimacy is based on their claims to control the weather, or to prevent bad harvests, if that happens then it's a much more serious disaster for that ruling group than it would be otherwise. The further back in time, a lot of these temples seem to have been four or five centuries at least.
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