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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Jun 2020 4:35 p.m. PST

…most powerful civilizations

"New research suggests it was climate-related drought that built the foundation for the collapse of the Assyrian Empire (whose heartland was based in today's northern Iraq)—one of the most powerful civilizations in the ancient world.

The Science Advances paper, led by Ashish Sinha at California State University, Dominguez Hills and coauthored by CIRES affiliate Adam Schneider, details how megadroughts in the 7th century BC triggered a decline in Assyria's way of life that contributed to its ultimate collapse…"
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Rdfraf Supporting Member of TMP25 Jun 2020 7:01 p.m. PST

The Babylonians and Medes helped a bit too.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 Jun 2020 12:52 p.m. PST

(smile)

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