Interaction between humans and the environment, Nic Coe

  • Period: 165 to

    Antonine plague begins in the roman empire

    Smallpox breaks out in rome, killing 5,000,000 in 15 years.
  • 226

    Mesopotamia falls to the Persians

    Mesopotamia falls to the Persians, further spreading mesopotamian agriculture and culture into the middle east and some parts of Europe
  • Period: 400 to

    The migration period begins in Europe

    Germanic migration from Rome outwards due to small tribe rebellion begins.
  • Period: 541 to 542

    Bubonic plague explodes in the Byzantine Empire

    The Bubonic Plague kills 25,000,000 people in the Byzantine empire, severely hurting Romes population, agriculture, and status among countries.
  • Period: May 3, 1338 to May 3, 1351

    Black death in Europe and Asia begins

    The black death kills 100,000,000 in Europe and Asia combined.
  • May 3, 1352

    Population growth starts to even back out after the black death

    Population growth starts to even back out after the black death
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Smallpox, Measles, Typhoid all break out from European exploration in the Americas.

    Europeans brought numerous diseases that natives bodies weren't accustomed to, resulting in 90 to 95% of the native population dying of disease.
  • May 3, 1500

    Rainforest deforestation began

    With the arrival of Europeans to the Amazon, the rainforest started to be burned and cut down to be used as farmland and land for cattle.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1502 to

    Trans-Atlantic Slave trade starts largest migration of people ever recorded

    The trans-atlantic slave trade started the largest movement of people ever recorded and consisted of West Africans being forced to move to the Americas for labor.
  • Period: to

    Great Potato Famine

    The great potato famine started some of the most prominent migrations which consisted of hundreds of thousands of Irish moving to the Americas in order to aqquire food since there was a lack of food in Ireland.
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    Rapid colonization of Africa for resources

    European nations colonize Africa to use the environment for resources and other things they were running out of.
  • Population drop

    The population of Africa, Asia, and Europe dropped, while the population in North America rose.
  • Use of aerosol cans starts diminishment of ozone layer

    Use of aerosol cans starts diminishment of ozone layer
    Aerosol spray can was invented in 1926 by an inventor Eric Rotheim, which started the depletion of the ozone layer and changed the way humans interacted with their environment.
  • Population begins to even back out

    Population begins to even back out after the great famine killed around half of Irelands population.
  • Plague of Emmaus in Pakestan kills 25,000

    The plague of Emmaus which was actually the Bubonic plague occured in Pakestan, killing 25,000