Catastrophe: An Investigation Into the Origins of the Modern World (52 page)

Leander (monk)

Leovigild, Visigothic King

Liu Jinggong

Locust invasion

Lombards

Long Valley, California, volcanic caldera in

Lothar, King of Soissons

Mabinogi

McCarthy, Dan

Mac Tail

Maelgwn, King of Gwynedd

Magyars

Mahmud, Sultan

Malacca, Sultanate of

Malaya, genesis in volcanic eruption of

Mansur

Manzikert, Battle of

Marib Dam, collapse of

Mataram, Javanese kingdom of

Matrud

Maurice, Emperor

and Avar threat

executions of supporters

revolt against

Maya

human sacrifice of

regional powers of

and Teotihuacano decline

warfare of

Medina

Merlin Continuation

Merovingians

Mesoamerica

archaeological sites in

climatic disaster in

conquistadors in

Mayan cities in

religious beliefs in

and Teotihuacano decline

Teotihuacano Empire in

Teotihuacano influence in

and Tikal conquest

Miracles of St. Demetrius, The

Mo Bí Clárainech

Moccu

Moche

capital of

and drought

and floods

human sacrifice of

warfare of

Mongolia

drought conditions in

Turkic takeover of

Mongolians.
See
Avars

Mononobe clan, in Japan

Monophysite heresy

Moravia

in Avar empire

Slav invasion of

Mothecombe (Britain)

Mother of Stone

Mount Batuwara (Pulosari)

Mount Merapi

Mouse, multimammate, as plague carrier

Muhammad

and military conquest

teachings of

Muslims.
See
Islam

Mu’ta, Battle of

Mystical Green Alligator, King of

Tikal

Nagarakreta-gama

Nakatomi clan, in Japan

Nan shi
(
The History of the Southern

Dyasties
)

Naples (Italy), volcanic caldera in

Narses, General

Nasca culture

desert drawings of

drought’s impact on

shamanism in

water-extraction system of

Nehavend, Battle of

Nihon shoki

North Africa

famine in

Islamic conquest of

North America

British colonization of

climatic disaster in

cultural changes in

tree-ring evidence in

volcanic caldera in

Nun-Yax-Ayin

Obadiah, King of Khazars

Oc Eo (Funan)

Oghuz Turks

Ohio State Univeristy, Institute of

Polar Studies

Opone (East Africa)

Osman

Ostrogoths

Ottoman Empire

Outuken Yish

Oxkintok, Teotihuacano influence in

Padmanagara

Palestine

Islamic conquest of

and Persian occupation

rebellion against Rome

Papua New Guinea, volcanic

caldera in

Pasemah

Pastoralism

and drought conditions

and plague conditions

Pecheneg Turks

Pecsaete

Pelusium, bubonic plague in

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, The

Persia

bubonic plague in

Islamic conquest of

occupation of Roman territory

war with Roman Empire

Peru.
See
Huari empire; Moche;

Nasca culture; Tiwanaku

empire

Pethahiah of Regensburg

Phocas, Emperor

Pikillaqta

Pilgrimage

Plague.
See
Bubonic plague

Plains Indians

Plazas, Clemencia

Pollution

Ponce, Carlos

Population movement

and disease spread

in famines

in future climatic disaster

Post-Vulgate

Procopius

Protein absorption, and drought

survival

Ptolemy

Pueblo Indians

Purnavarman

Pustaka Raja Purwa
(
The Book of

Ancient Kings
)

Pyramid of the Sun

Qarluq Turks

Qin Dynasty

Quechua

Quelccaya glacier

Quest for the Holy Grail, The

Quetzalcoatl

Rabaul, caldera of

Ragusium (Dubrovnik)

Rainfall, and plague spread

Ranggawarsita II

Ranggawarsita III

Rats, as plague carriers

Ray systems, in Nasca drawings

Reccared, Visigothic King

Refugees.
See
Population

movement

Rhapta (East Africa)

Rheged, Anglo-Saxon conquest of

Ring forts

Risinium

River of Blood, Battle of the

Rodents, as plague carriers

Rogations

Roman army

Arab and Armenian troops in

Roman army (
cont.
)

Battle of Jabiya-Yarmuk

Battle of Manzikert

Battle of Seville

budgetary considerations in

defensive strategy of

in Phocas’ revolution

reduction in size

Roman Empire

and Avar protection-money

payments

Avar seizure of Balkans

bubonic plague in

collapse in Europe

financial problems of

in France

Islamic invasion of

and ivory trade with Africa

and Jews

Lombard invasion of

Ottoman conquest of

and Persian occupation

in Persian War

and Phocas’ revolution

rebellions in

reconquest of western lands

religious dissension in

separatist nationalism in

Slav seizure of Balkans

in Spain

Visigoth alliance with

Romania

Avar empire in

Goth attack on

Rome, Goths’ sack of

Rus

Russia, tree-ring evidence in

Saba

Sagudates

Salona

Samanids

Samarkand, Turkic capture of

Samguk sagi

Scotland

Scuderi, Louis

Sea-level rise, current

Seljuks

Senka, King of Japan

Sephardic Jews

Serat Pararaton

Seville, Battle of

Shailendra dynasty, in Java

Shamanic flying

Shamanism

of Moche

in Nasca culture

Shintoism

Shiyatov, Stephan

Shoemaker-Levy comet

Sigurdson, Haraldur

Sinchell

Singidunum (Belgrade)

Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica), Avar

siege of

“Skull Famine,”

Sky Witness, King of Calakmul

Slave-soldiers

Slavs, invasion of Balkans

Slovenia, Avar empire in

Soga clan, in Japan

Soul flight

South America

archaeological sites in

drought in

El Niño in

ice-core evidence in

tree-ring evidence in

See also
Huari empire; Moche;

Nasca culture; Tiwanaku

empire

Southeast Asia, volcanic eruption of 535 in

Spain

in Americas

bubonic plague in

Islamic conquest of

Jews in

Roman reconquest of

Visigothic.
See
Visigoths

Spear Thrower Shield, King of Tikal

Split

Sri-Ksetra, Kingdom of

Srivijaya, Kingdom of

Storey, Rebecca

Story of the Grail
(Chrétien de

Troyes)

Sueves, Kingdom of

Sui Dynasty