Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EN, UK.
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 5;7(1):12696. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12126-8.
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.
在我们 2016 年发表于《Scientific Reports》的文章中,我们基于气候、环境和历史数据的联合分析,提出了一个关于 1242 年蒙古人撤离匈牙利的新假设。平克等人现在提出的重新评估对这一假设提出了质疑。然而,他们的论点基于一种普遍性,未能理解蒙古入侵的具体情况,没有提供新的或不同的气候数据,并且所依据的是过时的生产数据和环境信息,这些信息与所讨论的时期无法联系起来。虽然我们承认公开辩论的重要性,但我们坚持自己的结论。