To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
This shows not a failure of settled agriculture, but the occasional failure of the monsoon, a phenomenon that still happens today. The famine caused by the monsoon failure around 1900 led to many starvation deaths. But, it's not much good bringing this up, because as we all know, the climate had always been steady until humans started the industrial revolution. ;')
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2 posted on
03/31/2006 8:43:16 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
To: SunkenCiv
Aren't all plants "weeds"?
3 posted on
03/31/2006 8:43:49 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: SunkenCiv
People in this region still seek out and eat the wild
Polk Salad weed.
16 posted on
03/31/2006 12:15:34 PM PST by
blam
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