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Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-137-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-137-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Research article
 | 
29 Jan 2016
Research article |  | 29 Jan 2016

The relationship between climate change and wars waged between nomadic and farming groups from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty period

Y. Su, L. Liu, X. Q. Fang, and Y. N. Ma

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In ancient China, the change in regional agriculture and animal husbandry productivity caused by climate change led to either wars or peaceful relations between nomadic and farming groups. This analysis explores the relationship between climate change and wars between nomadic and farming groups.
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