WHI-Chap22-Little Ice Age
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In about 1300 CE, temperatures dramatically declined throughout much of the world, resulting in a "little ice age." This lasted for about 500 years. With cooler temperatures and shorter growing seasons, agricultural production declined in many lands, leading to famine and starvation. In some northern lands, agriculture was no longer possible and Norse settlers gradually abandoned the colonies they had occupied in Greenland since the 10th century.
