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Hist 489A/689A (Curry): Proposed topics

Environmental history; 17th century

SS

overpopulation during the late Ming period and
its contribution to the collapse of China

OO

lead toxicity and the question of Roman Empire impacts

DE

question of peasant uprisings and their place in the context of the seventeenth century crisis (more specific?)

TG

connections between the crisis and the formation of absolutist state structures in France and perhaps others

KH

religious movements arising in regard to crisis
(but which ones?)

AA

impact of climate change on Ottoman Empire during the sixteenth/seventeenth century crisis

AC

connections between dire climate crisis and
psychological/mental health issues

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