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GDP in "real dollars" is irrelevant here. Any such measurement can't correspond to something meaningful. Rather "annual calories from agriculture per capita" w
by yobbo 4y ago
GDP in "real dollars" is irrelevant here. Any such measurement can't correspond to something meaningful.
Rather "annual calories from agriculture per capita" would reveal much more of the reasons behind this and other upheavals in Europe during the period.
There were climate/weather changes (not well understood or appropriate to research in light of current climate changes) in Europe during 1500-1850, which caused starvation, upheavals, migrations, wars, and so on. They did not affect all areas simultaneously in the same way.
- ciphol 4y agoWhy would the climate/weather changes stop right at the French border?
- yobbo 4y agoThey didn't. But if the amount of available calories drops below the necessary amount, then famine occurs. How bad this is depends on how much overshoot, and how prepared the population is to find alternatives. In Irish history, there is the "Great Famine". During the 1800s, maybe 20% of the population of Ireland and the Scandinavian countries emigrated to north america. The current trend of global warming and increasing harvests started in the later 1800s. Then came mechanised farming, artificial fertilizers, and science. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age