Timeline for Would common people in central Europe in the 15th century notice that the whole Asia disappeared?
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| Feb 6, 2020 at 12:50 | comment | added | Juraj | They would quickly notice scarcity of metals. Perhaps in just a month or so. Not only gold and silver, but iron too, were usually mined and traded farther than 100 miles. | |
| Jan 31, 2020 at 5:50 | comment | added | DrSheldon | @MorrisTheCat: Sure, the climate would change (the Himalayas direct the jet stream), but no person from that era would attribute such a change to geography. | |
| Jan 31, 2020 at 0:10 | comment | added | Alexander | If Central Europe gets monsoons, that wouldn't go unnoticed. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 18:47 | comment | added | Morris The Cat | @Zxyrra the question specifies "common people" knowing that land isn't there anymore. Would they notice something was different? Yeah probably. Would they have any way to connect "The weather is different" to "The pacific ocean is a couple thousand miles closer now"? I don't see how. Europe experienced MASSIVE climatic impacts from the Tambora eruption in the 19th century, but your average European had no idea what caused it, or where. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 18:43 | comment | added | Zxyrra | I strongly disagree that such a large-scale change would go unnoticed. While not everyone in Europe trades with Asia, everyone experiences its climate impacts. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 18:27 | history | answered | Morris The Cat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |