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Heterochronism in the Moisture Supply of Eurasia in the Middle Ages (Landscape Ethnos,V) |
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| Authors: | L N Gumilëv |
| Institution: | Leningrad University |
| Abstract: | The author relates climatic fluctuations in inner Asia to the political fate of the nomadic inhabitants from the 1st century A. D. to the 18th century. He thus establishes an absolute chronology of climatic changes related to latitudinal shifts in storm tracks. Previous articles in this series appeared in Soviet Geography, June 1964, February 1966, and December 1966. |
| Keywords: | geopolitical traditions Eurasianism former Soviet Union Russia Near Abroad military intervention surveys |