ðɪ ˈɔːθɚz ʃˈoʊ ðɪ ˈɪmpækt ʌv nˈætʃɚɹəl fɪnˈɑːmɪnə ænd ᵻvˈɛnts sˈʌtʃ ɐz pændˈɛmɪks, pˈɑːɡɹɑːmz, ɐtˈæk baɪ ðə mˈɔŋɡɑːlz, ðə hˈʌsaɪt wˈɔːɹz, ðə stɹˈʌɡəlz ʌvðə ɹᵻfoːɹmˈeɪʃən, ðə θˈɜːɾi jˈɪɹz wˈɔːɹ, pɹˈʌʃən ɛkspˈænʃənˌɪzəm, ðə næpˈoʊlɪˈɑːnɪk wˈɔːɹz, nˈeɪzɪzəm ænd stˈɑːlɪnˌɪzəm.
The authors show the impact of natural phenomena and events such as pandemics, pogroms, attack by the Mongols, the Hussite Wars, the struggles of the Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, Prussian expansionism, the Napoleonic Wars, Nazism and Stalinism.