GEOG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Gobi Desert
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Left in search of timber, fish, fresh water, and land. Assessed areas with competing and declining insitutions. All their invasions were during feast season. Dublin was settled by vikings (806 ad) 40% of liverpool citizens have viking dna. Gave them a piece of northern france. 911 ad: a territory for the normans (normandy) Taking boys for war and women for children. Created a male dominated society- men can fight in war. Threats of medieval cities: cities were growing unsustainably, unclean and unsanitary, war: draining resources and man-power, solution= more taxes= unrest (aka crime, crime, shire reeve, an appointed deputy, have a right to arrest criminals king louis xiv. Financially desperate: a weak judicial system, opportunity for crime, frustration with the king and church. Impact: huge population decline: 33% of europe"s population died (25 million) Had poor agricultural output, famine intensified mortality rates: gdp decreases (economic decline, rejection of the church. Cities were unsanitary, provided haven for diseases.
