Ola Olsson
@oolsson.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and HoD at University of Gothenburg
Economic growth, development economics and economic history.
Author of "Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory”
https://sites.google.com/site/econolaols/home
Economic growth, development economics and economic history.
Author of "Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory”
https://sites.google.com/site/econolaols/home
Our results show that while extreme Nile floods result in a greater degree of political instability (ruler and dynastic tenure durations), periods with a greater rainfall in the hinterland cause a decline in state capacity and a delayed increase in political instability.
May 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our results show that while extreme Nile floods result in a greater degree of political instability (ruler and dynastic tenure durations), periods with a greater rainfall in the hinterland cause a decline in state capacity and a delayed increase in political instability.
Effective enviromental circumscription was created through an interplay between Nile floods (proxied by rainfall over Highland Ethiopia) and Mediterranean rains that determined the productivity of the hinterland.
May 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Effective enviromental circumscription was created through an interplay between Nile floods (proxied by rainfall over Highland Ethiopia) and Mediterranean rains that determined the productivity of the hinterland.