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In the book, The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire, the author goes over Ptolemy's historical records of rain in Alexandria and compares
by cbHXBY1D 5y ago
In the book, The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire, the author goes over Ptolemy's historical records of rain in Alexandria and compares it to today. In short, Alexandria used to get continual rain throughout the year whereas today it gets rain from October to March and then not much else. I believe it's in chapter 2 if anyone wants to look at the charts on the Amazon preview.