Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

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The first volume of Edward Gibbon’s magisterial The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published in 1776, the year of the Declaration of Independence.

The Rise and fall of the British Empire by James, Lawrence, 1943- Publication date 1997 Topics Decolonization, Great Britain -- Colonies -- History, Commonwealth countries -- History Publisher New ...

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This carved relief from Nimrud, a major city of the ancient Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq, regularly drifts around the internet as purported evidence for scuba diving nearly 3,000 years ago. But ...

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