Global Warming Gave Rise to the Inca Empire
Global warming often evokes images of melting icecaps, disappearing landmasses, and natural disasters. But the results aren’t always so dire. For the Incas, global warming meant 400 years’ prosperity and growth, allowing them to create a formidable empire. With no written record to describe the rise of the largest pre-Columbian empire, paleoecologists have investigated the…