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How climate change caused the world's first empire to collapse
Phys dot org (relying on non-science source for science article) ^
| January 3, 2019
| Vasile Ersek, The Conversation
Posted on 01/07/2019 10:15:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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The Akkad empire during the reign of Naram-Sin (2254-2218 BC). Mount Damavand is labelled in blue. Credit: Zunkir / Semhir / wiki, CC BY-SA
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01/07/2019 10:15:43 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
Caves reveal clues to UK weather
by Tom Heap
Saturday, December 2, 2000
At Pooles Cavern in Derbyshire, it was discovered that the stalagmites grow faster in the winter months when it rains more. Alan Walker, who guides visitors through the caves, says the changes in rainfall are recorded in the stalactites and stalagmites like the growth rings in trees. Stalagmites from a number of caves have now been analysed by Dr Andy Baker at Newcastle University. After splitting and polishing the rock, he can measure its growth precisely and has built up a precipitation history going back thousands of years. His study suggests this autumn's rainfall is not at all unusual when looked at over such a timescale but is well within historic variations. He believes politicians find it expedient to blame a man-made change in our weather rather than addressing the complex scientific picture.
(I like that closing sentence -- "future decision-making could be made based on scientific data and not on political expediency". I wouldn't count on it, but that would be great.) Disaster that struck the ancients
Professor Fekri Hassan, from University College London, UK, wanted to solve the mystery, by gathering together scientific clues. His inspiration was the little known tomb in southern Egypt of a regional governor, Ankhtifi. The hieroglyphs there reported "all of Upper Egypt was dying of hunger to such a degree that everyone had come to eating their children". Dismissed as exaggeration and fantasy by most other Egyptologists, Fekri was determined to prove the writings were true and accurate. He also had to find a culprit capable of producing such misery. He studied the meticulous records, kept since the 7th Century, of Nile floods. He was amazed to see that there was a huge variation in the size of the annual Nile floods - the floods that were vital for irrigating the land. But no records existed for 2,200BC. Then came a breakthrough - a new discovery in the hills of neighbouring Israel. Mira Bar-Matthews of the Geological Survey of Israel had found a unique record of past climates, locked in the stalactites and stalagmites of a cave near Tel Aviv. What they show is a sudden and dramatic drop in rainfall, by 20%. It is the largest climate event in 5,000 years. And the date? 2,200 BC.4,000-year-old planned community unearthed
Oct 13 2000
"'Evidently, the conception of what was urban in 2500 to 2000 B.C. was not all that different from what is considered urban today,' said Guillermo Algaze, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, who has been directing the excavation of Titris Hoyuk, a 125-acre walled urban site in the Euphrates River Basin in southeastern Turkey that flourished for a brief time in the third millennium Bronze Age. In its heyday, Titris had about 10,000 residents. Titris was a failure as a city and as a civilization, rising and falling within a 300 year period, never again to be reoccupied. But, said Algaze, Titrus's failure -- probably due to a shifting in trade routes -- is also the key to its appeal to modern archaeologists."Tuba
Oct 13 2000
"The women in the tomb were highly ornamented. The ibex (goat above) was made of lapis lazuli which was available only in Afghanistan at the time. Evidence amassed thus far by Schwartz and Curvers indicates that Tubaarose as a political and economic center around 2500 BC, with a population of 5,000 to 7,500 people. The city, which was on a major east-west trade route that connected the Mediterranean coast with upper Mesopotamia, collapsed and was abandoned around 2100 BC possibly due to drought, only to resurrect itself as the primary urban center of the Jabbul plain until around 1200 BC."
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01/07/2019 10:18:21 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
"Curse of Agade" keyword:
- Evidence of Sodom? Meteor blast cause of biblical destruction, say scientists [2018]
- Welcome to the Meghalayan Age - a new phase in history [2018]
- The Best Radiocarbon-dated Site in Recent Iberian Prehistory [sudden end] [2018]
- 4,000-year-old Sumerian port found in southern Iraq [2018]
- Did Egypt's Old Kingdom Die -- or Simply Fade Away? [2015]
- Have archaeologists discovered the biblical city of Sodom? [2015]
- Archaeologists Claim To Have Found Ancient City Of Sodom (and Gomorrah) [2015]
- Archaeologist Believes Remains of Sodom's Fiery Destruction Have Been Found [2015]
- Archaeologists discover possible ruins of ancient Sodom in the Holy Land [2015]
- Possible site of ancient Sodom yields more finds [2015]
- Archeologists Explain Historical Climate Change 4,000 Years Ago [2015]
- Ancient megadrought entombed dodos in poisonous fecal cocktail [2015]
- New Thoughts on the Impact of Climate Change in Neolithic China [2015]
- Climate change caused empire's fall, tree rings reveal [2014]
- The Ghost Empire - Climate Change, Global Warming, Drought and Desertification [2013]
- 200-year-long drought may have killed Sumerian language [2012]
- Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt [2012]
- Ancient Egypt was destroyed by drought, discover Scottish experts [2011]
- Ancient City Mysteriously Survived Mideast Civilization Collapse [2011]
- Clay tablet holds clue to asteroid mystery [2008]
- Comets And Disaster In The Bronze Age [2007]
- Climate Key To Sphinx's Riddle [2007]
- Charcoal reveals wildfire history [2006]
- Jordan site may be Biblical city of Sodom [2006]
- The Roots Of Civilization Trace Back To ... Roots [2005]
- Ancestors Of Turks Came To Anatolia In 2000s BC [2004]
- Mesopotamian Climate Change (8,000 Years Ago) [2004]
- Drought That Destroyed A Civilisation [2003]
- The Dark Ages: Were They Darker Than We Imagined? [2003]
- Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations [2003]
- Dawn Of American Religion Found (2,250 BC) [2003]
- An Impact Event in 3114BC? The beginning of a Turbulent Millennium. [2003]
- Evidence for Major Impact Events in the late Third Millennium BC [2002]
- The Law Code of Hammurabi. (Complete Translation) [2002]
- Comets,Meteors & Myth: New Evidence For Toppled Civilizations And Bibical Tales [2002]
- Deconstructing the Walls of Jerico [2002]
- Archaeologists Unearth 1,700 Year-Old Canal System Near Lake Okeechobee (Florida) [2002]
- Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations [2002]
- Disaster That Struck The Ancients [2001]
- Comets, Meteors & Myth: New Evidence for Toppled Civilizations and Biblical Tales [2001]
- Slam, bang, thanks Saddam: new meteor theory [2001]
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01/07/2019 10:18:28 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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01/07/2019 10:18:36 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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01/07/2019 10:18:42 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv
He believes politicians find it expedient to blame a man-made change in our weather rather than addressing the complex scientific picture.Exactly.
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posted on
01/07/2019 10:25:37 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
To: SunkenCiv
Did mere mortal men cause that Climate Change that “collapsed an empire”?
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01/07/2019 10:29:20 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: SunkenCiv
Have archaeologists found any of their SUVs, pickup trucks, and smokestack industries?
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01/07/2019 10:30:31 PM PST
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Inyo-Mono
I added the emphasis. :^)
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01/07/2019 10:30:51 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: a fool in paradise; Rashputin
The short answer is no. See the list of links for longer ones. :^)
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01/07/2019 10:31:55 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: a fool in paradise
It was most certainly Trump’s fault!
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01/07/2019 10:36:20 PM PST
by
buffyt
(Dems: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.Abe)
To: SunkenCiv
If only they had carbon taxes and banned SUVs...
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01/07/2019 10:37:13 PM PST
by
2banana
(Were you)
To: SunkenCiv
When are they going to blame the “climate change” on Trump, car exhaust, coal power plants, and the JOOSZ?
Regional climate change is documented all over the Middle East, even in the old Testament and New Testament. So what? Nothing strange about it. Not caused by man.
Plagues of locust - not caused by Man.
The Flood - any big flood back then. Not caused by Man.
Mt. Vesuvius - not caused by Man.
Interesting old map of Iraq since my son drove through that famous monster red sandstorm in early 2003 while helping to liberate Iraq from Saddam. The storm probably came from Africa and ended up creating a 300 foot high wall of sand that stretched for scores of miles, if not longer, stranding the 3rd ID combat and logistics columns on the roads until it passed/subsided.
I asked my son if he saw Babylon and Ur, but all he saw was the tail-light of the truck in front of him due to the sand. So much for my Jewish son’s trip back to the lands/cities of our ancestors. However, he did help liberate the country, so that’s cool after thousands of years of exile.
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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01/07/2019 11:41:30 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: a fool in paradise; SunkenCiv; Rashputin
Sport utility camels and elephants, to be sure?
Cargo critter farts destroyed ancient man!
Why not, modern “journalists” insisted that bovine belches destroy the urf.
Hence a portion of the push for us lowly prawns to eat tofu and insects while they, the “enlightened” dine on waygu beef.
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01/07/2019 11:41:40 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: SunkenCiv
Just FYI, 2 new proegams on British history just started in case you want to keep an eye out for them. One is called
Digging Up Britain's Past and the other one is
Tony Robinson's Time Travels. The latter program is already on Youtube, not sure about the first one.
To: SunkenCiv
The anguish of the era is perfectly captured in the ancient Curse of Akkad text, which describes a period of turmoil with water and food shortages: "... the large arable tracts yielded no grain, the inundated fields yielded no fish, the irrigated orchards yielded no syrup or wine, the thick clouds did not rain."
kinda like the midwest dust bowls of the 1930's in the U.S.A. & Canada ?
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01/08/2019 12:59:44 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: Rashputin
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01/08/2019 1:09:15 AM PST
by
Mr_Moonlight
(Ich bin ein Irredeemable Deplorable)
To: SunkenCiv
Not an expert but I doubt the assertion that Akkadian Empire was the world first empire. Egypt for one was as old if not older.
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01/08/2019 1:14:37 AM PST
by
jpsb
To: jpsb
“Not an expert but I doubt the assertion that Akkadian Empire was the world first empire. Egypt for one was as old if not older.”
China raises it’s hand and would like to be recognized.
Mohenjo Daro anyone?
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posted on
01/08/2019 1:30:07 AM PST
by
Fai Mao
(There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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