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Climatic patterns of cave mineral deposits associated with the collapse of Chinese dynasties

Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns associated with the Asian monsoon and estimates of grain harvest and economic prosperity in different Chinese dynasties over the past 2,000 years. Credit: Fan et al., 2024. The history of Chinese dynasties spans 13 reigns from 2070 BC to the abdication of the last emperor in 1912. While the factors leading to inter-dynastic transitions…