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How Climate Made History | 02: Small Tribes to Vast Empires

Is it possible that climate change could have kick-started the end of Antiquity? When temperatures drop and the climate becomes drier, the Huns swarm Europe. It’s the last straw and brings about a mass migration that shakes the foundations of the Roman Empire. But could this have been enough to herald the beginning of the Dark Ages?

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