El cambio climático en la historia de la humanidad

Far from being a circumstance that affects only the world today, human beings in past societies have suffered, or have benefited, from the many climatic changes that have occurred in the past. The climate and its variations are a fundamental factor that has conditioned the future of the world, the conformation of its past and its future. The close relationship between human beings and climate change is an essential aspect to understand the historical adventure, from the first prehistoric cultures to the present, in all regions of the planet, from Europe to America, passing through China or the Middle East. The climatic variations have extinguished cultures and have raised empires and then let them fall, but they have also opened new horizons for humanity. Thus establishing themselves as protagonists of History, sometimes of greater relevance than the great characters who sow it.