The Medieval Warming Period  and The Little Ice Age
 
Medieval Warm Period (MWP) The  Medieval Warm Period (MWP)  or  Medieval Climate Optimum  was an unusually warm period in history, particularly warmer in the North Atlantic region (includes North America and Europe). Lasted from about 800-1300 CE  ≈ 500 years.
Medieval Warm Period (MWP)
 
 
Flying Buttresses
 
Viking Expansion
An Early MWP Viking Deck Party
Evidence Supporting MWP
 
Polynesian Explorers  Colonized: Hawaii Easter Island New Zealand
 
THE LITTLE ICE AGE The frozen Thames River, England 1677
The Little Ice Age (aka: LIA) However, by the mid 1300s, temperatures started to drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
More Peoples Reaction Increased rioting –  i.e. Marie Antoinette saying “Let them eat cake”  - starts French Revolution Climate/famine/disease blamed on scapegoats:  extensive witch hunts during 14 th  and 15 th  Centuries.
 
What Caused LIA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zjmC8InKA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3niR_-Kv4SM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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