The mwp and lia ver 2
- 1. The Medieval Warming Period and The Little Ice Age
- 3. 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.
- 4. Medieval Warm Period (MWP)
- 10. An Early MWP Viking Deck Party
- 13. Polynesian Explorers Colonized: Hawaii Easter Island New Zealand
- 15. THE LITTLE ICE AGE The frozen Thames River, England 1677
- 16. The Little Ice Age (aka: LIA) However, by the mid 1300s, temperatures started to drop.
- 25. 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.
- 27. What Caused LIA?
- 37. MWP & LIA QUIZ ha-ha!