J. G. Manning

Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Harvey Whitehouse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 278 citations · Full text

Social Theory, Social Change, Social Structures +17

Volcanic suppression of Nile summer flooding triggers revolt and constrains interstate conflict in ancient Egypt

J. G. Manning, Francis Ludlow, A. Stine et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 178 citations · Full text

Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom

Joseph R. McConnell, Michael Sigl, Gill Plunkett et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 178 citations · Full text

Volcanology, Engineering, Volcanism +19

Seshat: The Global History Databank

Peter Turchin, Rob Brennan, Thomas E. Currie et al. · Cliodynamics The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution · 2015 · 151 citations · Full text

A macroscope for global history - Seshat Global History Databank: a methodological overview

Pieter François, J. G. Manning, Harvey Whitehouse et al. · Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) · 2016 · 34 citations · Full text

Historical Geography, Digital Humanities Quarterly, International Comparative Perspective +25