How Climate Change Has Affected History

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Throughout History, it has seems on multiple occasions that even now, along with the past that Climate Changes seem to alter the effects on History very drastically. For it affected multiple Dynasties, and Empires in the past, with Political Crises, Religious Conflicts, Societal Mayhem, and Violence, it has also affected today’s Society, Although, in comparison, like today, where it is a bit more advanced, climate change would still have affects us, yes, but not as drastically like it did around the 17th century. There have been multiple accounts where this happened, where this has proved to surpass the modern times.
An example in which climate changed history, due to it’s uncontrollable power, “The Little Ice Age”, around the 17th century

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