I would think that they used little tricks to cool down. Drinking lots, staying indoors as far as possible, wearing cowboy hats (maybe?) but most of all in hot climates the infrastructure tends to be adapted to deal with heat.
Structures like verandas really help reduce the amount of heat entering a building.
But I imagine productivity and just general satisfaction with life probably dropped significantly during this period.
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I would think that they used little tricks to cool down. Drinking lots, staying indoors as far as possible, wearing cowboy hats (maybe?) but most of all in hot climates the infrastructure tends to be adapted to deal with heat.
Structures like verandas really help reduce the amount of heat entering a building.
But I imagine productivity and just general satisfaction with life probably dropped significantly during this period.