Reply to ‘Climate of doubt: a re-evaluation of Büntgen and Di Cosmo’s environmental hypothesis for the Mongol withdrawal from Hungary, 1242 CE

In our 2016 article in Scientific Reports , we advanced a new hypothesis for the Mongol withdrawal from Hungary in 1242 CE, based on a joint analysis of climatic, environmental, and historical data. The re-evaluation now offered by Pinke et al . casts doubt on this hypothesis. However, their argumen...

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Published inScientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 12696 - 2
Main Authors Büntgen, Ulf, Cosmo, Nicola Di
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.10.2017
Nature Publishing Group
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704/106/694
Climate
Climate Change - history
Climatic data
Environmental information
History, Medieval
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hungary
Hypotheses
Invasions
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Hungary
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Summary:In our 2016 article in Scientific Reports , we advanced a new hypothesis for the Mongol withdrawal from Hungary in 1242 CE, based on a joint analysis of climatic, environmental, and historical data. The re-evaluation now offered by Pinke et al . casts doubt on this hypothesis. However, their arguments are based on a level of generality that fails to appreciate the specific conditions of the Mongol invasion, do not offer new or different climatic data, and are supported by anachronistic production data and environmental information, which cannot be related to the period in question. While we acknowledge the importance of an open debate, we stand by our conclusions.
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ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12126-8