Tag Archives: conflict

Drip irrigation when water is limited

Posted on September 30, 2022 by borderslynn

Shortages of fresh water can create difficult decisions, and lead to conflict. Industrial farming creating wealth for owners and investors may leave local poor communities without access to any clean water for personal use. This is illustrated by the South … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cattle farming, cholera, conflict, deficit irrigation, drip irrigation, drought, food insecurity, industrial farming, innovation, war, water scarcity | Leave a comment

Battle for Resources

Posted on March 16, 2022 by borderslynn

In Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s book ‘Strongmen’ she says geopolitics is when authoritarian regimes have a …. conception of the state as an organic entity with the right to defend itself from threats to its safety and the right to expand into … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged conflict, famine, farming practices, food price index, food security, land contamination, livestock feeds, oligarchs and privatisation, responsibility of war zone soil contamination, world shortages | Leave a comment

Rome Kingdom to Empire: impact on Brittania to Judea

Posted on July 24, 2017 by borderslynn

Rome had a Kingdom, then a Republic, then an Empire. What follows is the evolving significant people and events which resulted in the Empire. The last Kingdom monarch was Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, located in Ancient Rome. As a result of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Agrippa, Augustus, Byzantine, Caesar, Church of the Nativity, conflict, death, Jesus, Jews, Judea, muslim, Octavian, Pantheon, power, Rome, scotland, war | Leave a comment

Human Vulnerability

Posted on July 7, 2017 by borderslynn

There have been three major outbreaks of plague. The Plague of Justinian in the 6th and 7th centuries is the first known attack on record, and marks the first firmly recorded pattern of bubonic plague. From historical descriptions, as much … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 13th century, 14 a18th century, Black Death, conflict, disease, gangrene, Jani Beg, Khan, Mongol empire, religion, rodents, Silk Road, trade, war | 1 Comment

Retaking the Iberian Peninsula (Reconquista)

Posted on June 10, 2017 by borderslynn

The MAPS of the 750 AD period to 1492 reveal how the 800 years of Muslim rule as a Caliphate was eventually overthrown by use of mercenaries (Conquistadors) of the Monarchy in 1492. These are fascinating maps, interactive and highly illuminating to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aragon, aristocracy, castile, catholicism, conflict, family, Ferdinand, isabella 1, mental health, mercenaries, nobles, portugal, power, spain, war | Leave a comment

Margaret, ‘Pearl of Scotland’

Posted on October 16, 2016 by borderslynn

I struggle with pyramid style societies. As Lenny Bruce once quipped,”If the Venusians aren’t scufflers we’re screwed.” Placing each other in hierarchies; identifying ourselves along a line from bottom to top; forming friendships, alliances with those ‘at our level’ – … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged conflict, control, education, humanity, power structures, religion, rhetoric, slavery, written history as a means of control | Leave a comment