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Historical evidence from the Near East points to a rich reservoir of climate information. For instance, King Herod of Judea built a fortress and two palaces on a lofty plateau called Masada. The high plateau overlooks the Dead Sea from the eastern edge of the Judean Desert. During Herod's time, climbing to the top of the plateau was not easy, so the King thought the high, level land would make an excellent haven during armed revolts. Herod and his would-be defenders had ample storehouses for food and cisterns to collect rainwater; the king's refuge even boasted a bathhouse. Today,...

A number of scholars argue that Protestant Scots migrations to Ireland in the seventeenth century were precipitated by overpopulation and economic hardships, especially those that struck South- western Scotland. Cultural geographer Barry Aron Vann challenges that assessment. He unravels the complex assemblage of push and pull factors that played roles in seventeenth-century Scottish migrations.
"Space of Time or Distance of Place" is an apt title for his book. Those words were part of a letter written by the Scottish born and educated Rev Robert Blair (1593-1666) to his Glasgow University...