As temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. In a bold narrative that spans centuries and continents, Peter Frankopan argues that nature has always played a fundamental role in the writing of history. From the fall of the Moche civilization in South America to volcanic eruptions in Iceland that affected Egypt, climate change and its influences have always been with us. Frankopan shows that when past empires have failed to act sustainably, they have been met with catastrophe.
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