[Billthedrill]

Of course there are observable climate cycles in that part of the world. All of human history verifies that. The Nile valley, for example, was one of the most lush growing areas in the ancient world.

More recently, the fall of the Western Roman empire was precipitated by (among many other things) the Vandals in their sweep through what is now Spain and their capture of northern Africa, significant because that was Rome's granary. Yes, they grew wheat there ("corn" if you're reading Gibbon), enough to support an imperial city. That was not quite 1600 years ago.

Wheat in North Africa. Wineries in Britain. These things are all a part of the historical record, and any climate model that can't account for them is simply inadequate.

[boatbums]

I watched the series “Rome”...Cleopatra’s Egypt was the primary grain supplier for all of Rome. Right?