[Pharmboy]

Let's see if this thread can avoid somebody posting "Bush's fault."

[Pharmboy]

Interesting hypothesis, eh? Also interesting how they use the "s" and the zed in civilis(z)e within the same article.

[neodad]

These first large urban, state-level societies emerged because diminishing resources forced previously transient people into close proximity in areas where water, pasture and productive land was still available.

Translation: Change can bring beneficial results to a society.

[rhombus]

Clearly this is undisputed proof that they had SUVs between 6000 and 4000 years ago. I wonder how many miles per gallon that heap of rocks Fred Flintstone drove got. That eco-criminal should have been jailed.

[satchmodog9]

I give it until the fifteenth post.

[Paloma_55]

Time for the obligatory "Humans did not cause Global Warming" slide

Note: Data provided by N.O.A.A

[steveegg]

But, but, but the only possible source of climate change is eeeevil conservative Americans </sarcasm>.

[blam]

An older and similar version with an 'S' in civilised.

The Cold Snap That Civilised The World

"A SUDDEN drop in temperatures 5,000 years ago ushered in the modern climate and may have encouraged the development of complex civilisations around the world."

[sandbar]

Must have been all those SUV's that the ancient civilizations used to cart their children to their rock throwing games.

[rellimpank]

--driven by natural fluctuations in the Earth's orbit,--

--while I agree that climate changes, this isn't the cause, IMHO--

[sandbar]

>>>The early civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, South Asia, China and northern South America were founded between 6000 and 4000 years ago when global climate changes, DRIVEN BY NATURAL FLUCTUATIONS IN THE EARTH'S ORBIT... >>>

WHAT? You mean that the Earth can actually have climate change and it not be man's fault???

Why, that just goes against everything Al Gore told me. I have been feeling waves of guilt for years now about how my air conditioner is the ruin of the entire planet.

I guess I can go back to aerosol hairspray, eh?

[darth]

My hypothesis: We domesticated animals starting with sheep and goats. The pastoral lifestyle allowed a population explosion leading to overgrazing. Then seasonal rains swept topsoil into the river valleys on a yearly basis. What could be easier? The floods fertilized and irrigated the valleys. Bugs and weeds were wiped out. Poke a hole in the silt and plant your grain. Voila! Bread, beer, and the easy life. Hence the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Indus, China, etc.

[Anticommie]

Climate change rocked cradles of civilisation

meaning:

Ancient global warming rocked cradles of civilisation.

Enviwacos never use term "global warming" applied to the past. Global warming can happen only now and in the future. Global warmings of the past are "climate changes".

[Sam Cree]

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[<1/1,000,000th%]

It was caused by global warming due to all those people walking around stirring up dust.

Back then dust was known as the "primary greenhouse gas" according to Dr. Flintstone.

[Buckhead]

Ping

[SunkenCiv]

related:

Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study Says
National Geographic News | July 20, 2006 | Sean Markey (no funky bunch)
Posted on 07/22/2006 9:34:42 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670680/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pharmboy.

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[Robert A Cook PE]

What!

Of course, previous climate change affecting civilizations (we lost BOTH the Indian (Pueblo) and Mayan, plus a few others in the high deserts, were ALWAYS Bush's fault.

That's because, without bushes, ya gonna go pretty hungry trying to gather crops during a drout. 8<)

[Reeses]

A comical phenomenon of anthropology studies is the author heavily projects their own belief system onto ancient people. Civilization did not form because some liberals invented a tax system to address global warming. It was because conservatives invented jail, rule of law, and a military to defend against man's natural war making disposition. Many modern anthropologists would reject the obvious for not meshing with their narcissistic views.

Man is the only animal that can live anywhere, hot or cold, high or low, under water, in outer space, on the moon. Man's settlement of painfully cold areas was mainly to move to a better neighborhood, away from minorities, crime, and war. Canada is a modern example of this.

[tomzz]

On a scale of one to ten for climate changes, Genesis 7:4 would likely fall pretty close to a ten.....