Climatic Change, Wars and Dynastic Cycles in China Over the Last Millennium

Zhang, David D.; Jim, C. Y.; Lin, George C-S; He, Yuan-Qing; Wang, James J.; Lee, Harry F.

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Climatic Change, Wars and Dynastic Cycles in China Over the Last Millennium

Zhang, David D., Jim, C. Y., Lin, George C-S, He, Yuan-Qing, Wang, James J., Lee, Harry F.·2006·Climatic Change

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When the north cooled down, the carrying capacity of the land declined, and resource competition instigated conflicts.
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Authors: Zhang, D. D., Jim, C. Y., Lin, G. C.-S., He, Y.-Q., Wang, J. J., & Lee, H. F.
Affiliations: University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author: Zhang, David D.
ORCID: Jim, C. Y.
Lin, George C-S
Lee, Harry F.
Venue: Climatic Change
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2006-04-27
Volume: 76
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 459-477
ISSN: 0165-0009 (ISSN-L)
1573-1480
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9024-z
OpenAlex: W2082511542
Cited by: 206
References: 36
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 2.82
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Climatic Change (publishedVersion)
The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Climate change impacts on agriculture
Keywords: war, dynastic cycles, paleoclimate, China, last millennium, paleotemperature, harvest, population size, land carrying capacity, human-nature relationship, social instability, cold phase, time delay, regional variation, global warming

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