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The Cooling Crisis and the Justinian Plague
This chapter explores the 6th-century environmental calamities, including a mysterious cooling phenomenon and the devastating Justinian plague. It analyzes how these events reshaped societal and religious beliefs in the Byzantine Empire and discusses scientific breakthroughs that illuminate their historical significance.
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