The Medieval Warm Period linked to the success of Machu Picchu, Inca Empire

Watts Up With That? ^ | Jul 8, 2009 | Anthony Watts

[decimon]

According to Wikipedia, the Medieval Warm Period was a time of warm weather around AD 800-1300 during the European Medieval period. Initial research on the MWP and the following Little Ice Age (LIA) was largely done in Europe, where the phenomenon was most obvious and clearly documented. It was initially believed that the temperature changes were global. However, this view has been questioned; the 2001 IPCC report summarises this research, saying

“…current evidence does not support globally synchronous periods of anomalous cold or warmth over this time frame, and the conventional terms of ‘Little Ice Age’ and ‘Medieval Warm Period’ appear to have limited utility in describing trends in hemispheric or global mean temperature changes in past centuries”.

Of course, there’s many researchers, such as Michael Mann and his thoroughly discredited “hockey stick” that try mightily to make the MWP disappear.

News flash to IPCC. Now a scientist has linked the MWP to success of the Inca civilization in the southern hemisphere. It is not going away any time soon, it is spreading.

[decimon]

Going medieval ping

[PzLdr]

It was methane from all the Magyar, Avar, Turk and Mongol horses.

[mainepatsfan]

I saw some Maya ruins for the first time in person earlier this year. Impressive.

[slumber1]

Incan SUV’s were notorious gas guzzlers and polluters

[ModelBreaker]

“Incan SUV’s were notorious gas guzzlers and polluters”

I don’t think that can be it. The Inca were people of color and everyone knows that it is white maleness that causes SUV’s and, more important, polluting SUV’s. This was actually the result of a patriarchal European plot about the same time that victimized the beautiful, sex-positive, inclusive, diverse, Inca men and womyn.

[hinckley buzzard]

History shows time and again that great advances in civilization have coincided with periods of climatic warming. The Medieval Warm period was just the best known one of several.

[Foolsgold]

Eric the Green (Sorry Red)Discovered Greenland and sheep were raised for about 400 years
Greenland from the Smithsonion Museum of Natural History

[decimon]

Eric the Green (Sorry Red)Discovered Greenland and sheep were raised for about 400 years

Sheep tell no sagas.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx, decimon !

 

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon.

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[ThanhPhero]

My nomination for Comment Of The Month, at least.

[bert]

The same period included the Zenith of Chaco canyon and Aztec and Paquim and the Anasazi culture in the south western USA

[decimon]

The same period included the Zenith of Chaco canyon and Aztec and Paquim and the Anasazi culture in the south western USA

The emerging picture is that of worldwide prosperity during that period. People still sucked, of course, but they sucked prosperously. ;-)