2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 3 Back to the past Period One Welcome to the unit Reading讲义 牛津译林版必修3.docVIP

Unit 3 Back to the past Scientific Assumption：the Real Cause of the Roman Empire Collapsing Climate change could have been responsible for bringing down the Roman Empire，scientists believe. Researchers studied ancient tree growth rings to show links between climate change and major events in human history such as migrations，plague and the rise and fall of empires. They discovered that periods of warm，wet weather coincided with periods of prosperity，while droughts or varying conditions occurred at times of political upheaval such as the demise of the Roman Empire. To match the environmental r