Read Catastrophe: An Investigation Into the Origins of the Modern World Online
Authors: David Keys
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Leander (monk)
Leovigild, Visigothic King
Liu Jinggong
Locust invasion
Lombards
Long Valley, California, volcanic caldera in
Lothar, King of Soissons
Mabinogi
McCarthy, Dan
Mac Tail
Maelgwn, King of Gwynedd
Magyars
Mahmud, Sultan
Malacca, Sultanate of
Malaya, genesis in volcanic eruption of
Mansur
Manzikert, Battle of
Marib Dam, collapse of
Mataram, Javanese kingdom of
Matrud
Maurice, Emperor
and Avar threat
executions of supporters
revolt against
Maya
human sacrifice of
regional powers of
and Teotihuacano decline
warfare of
Medina
Merlin Continuation
Merovingians
Mesoamerica
archaeological sites in
climatic disaster in
conquistadors in
Mayan cities in
religious beliefs in
and Teotihuacano decline
Teotihuacano Empire in
Teotihuacano influence in
and Tikal conquest
Miracles of St. Demetrius, The
Mo Bí Clárainech
Moccu
Moche
capital of
and drought
and floods
human sacrifice of
warfare of
Mongolia
drought conditions in
Turkic takeover of
Mongolians.
See
Avars
Mononobe clan, in Japan
Monophysite heresy
Moravia
in Avar empire
Slav invasion of
Mothecombe (Britain)
Mother of Stone
Mount Batuwara (Pulosari)
Mount Merapi
Mouse, multimammate, as plague carrier
Muhammad
and military conquest
teachings of
Muslims.
See
Islam
Mu’ta, Battle of
Mystical Green Alligator, King of
Tikal
Nagarakreta-gama
Nakatomi clan, in Japan
Nan shi
(
The History of the Southern
Dyasties
)
Naples (Italy), volcanic caldera in
Narses, General
Nasca culture
desert drawings of
drought’s impact on
shamanism in
water-extraction system of
Nehavend, Battle of
Nihon shoki
North Africa
famine in
Islamic conquest of
North America
British colonization of
climatic disaster in
cultural changes in
tree-ring evidence in
volcanic caldera in
Nun-Yax-Ayin
Obadiah, King of Khazars
Oc Eo (Funan)
Oghuz Turks
Ohio State Univeristy, Institute of
Polar Studies
Opone (East Africa)
Osman
Ostrogoths
Ottoman Empire
Outuken Yish
Oxkintok, Teotihuacano influence in
Padmanagara
Palestine
Islamic conquest of
and Persian occupation
rebellion against Rome
Papua New Guinea, volcanic
caldera in
Pasemah
Pastoralism
and drought conditions
and plague conditions
Pecheneg Turks
Pecsaete
Pelusium, bubonic plague in
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, The
Persia
bubonic plague in
Islamic conquest of
occupation of Roman territory
war with Roman Empire
Peru.
See
Huari empire; Moche;
Nasca culture; Tiwanaku
empire
Pethahiah of Regensburg
Phocas, Emperor
Pikillaqta
Pilgrimage
Plague.
See
Bubonic plague
Plains Indians
Plazas, Clemencia
Pollution
Ponce, Carlos
Population movement
and disease spread
in famines
in future climatic disaster
Post-Vulgate
Procopius
Protein absorption, and drought
survival
Ptolemy
Pueblo Indians
Purnavarman
Pustaka Raja Purwa
(
The Book of
Ancient Kings
)
Pyramid of the Sun
Qarluq Turks
Qin Dynasty
Quechua
Quelccaya glacier
Quest for the Holy Grail, The
Quetzalcoatl
Rabaul, caldera of
Ragusium (Dubrovnik)
Rainfall, and plague spread
Ranggawarsita II
Ranggawarsita III
Rats, as plague carriers
Ray systems, in Nasca drawings
Reccared, Visigothic King
Refugees.
See
Population
movement
Rhapta (East Africa)
Rheged, Anglo-Saxon conquest of
Ring forts
Risinium
River of Blood, Battle of the
Rodents, as plague carriers
Rogations
Roman army
Arab and Armenian troops in
Roman army (
cont.
)
Battle of Jabiya-Yarmuk
Battle of Manzikert
Battle of Seville
budgetary considerations in
defensive strategy of
in Phocas’ revolution
reduction in size
Roman Empire
and Avar protection-money
payments
Avar seizure of Balkans
bubonic plague in
collapse in Europe
financial problems of
in France
Islamic invasion of
and ivory trade with Africa
and Jews
Lombard invasion of
Ottoman conquest of
and Persian occupation
in Persian War
and Phocas’ revolution
rebellions in
reconquest of western lands
religious dissension in
separatist nationalism in
Slav seizure of Balkans
in Spain
Visigoth alliance with
Romania
Avar empire in
Goth attack on
Rome, Goths’ sack of
Rus
Russia, tree-ring evidence in
Saba
Sagudates
Salona
Samanids
Samarkand, Turkic capture of
Samguk sagi
Scotland
Scuderi, Louis
Sea-level rise, current
Seljuks
Senka, King of Japan
Sephardic Jews
Serat Pararaton
Seville, Battle of
Shailendra dynasty, in Java
Shamanic flying
Shamanism
of Moche
in Nasca culture
Shintoism
Shiyatov, Stephan
Shoemaker-Levy comet
Sigurdson, Haraldur
Sinchell
Singidunum (Belgrade)
Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica), Avar
siege of
“Skull Famine,”
Sky Witness, King of Calakmul
Slave-soldiers
Slavs, invasion of Balkans
Slovenia, Avar empire in
Soga clan, in Japan
Soul flight
South America
archaeological sites in
drought in
El Niño in
ice-core evidence in
tree-ring evidence in
See also
Huari empire; Moche;
Nasca culture; Tiwanaku
empire
Southeast Asia, volcanic eruption of 535 in
Spain
in Americas
bubonic plague in
Islamic conquest of
Jews in
Roman reconquest of
Visigothic.
See
Visigoths
Spear Thrower Shield, King of Tikal
Split
Sri-Ksetra, Kingdom of
Srivijaya, Kingdom of
Storey, Rebecca
Story of the Grail
(Chrétien de
Troyes)
Sueves, Kingdom of
Sui Dynasty