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The most severe droughts in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean arose when multiple natural climate cycles coincided. Around 3,200 years ago, many of the great civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean, including the Mycenaeans, Minoans and Hittite Empire,…
🌍 Study from Stockholm University reveals that the most severe droughts in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, linked to the Late Bronze Age collapse around 3,200 years ago, occurred when multiple natural climate cycles coincided.
🌊 This convergence of cycles, including long-term orbital changes and shorter-term Atlantic Ocean fluctuations, pushed the region beyond a critical threshold, amplifying drought intensity and contributing to the collapse of civilizations like the Mycenaeans, Minoans, and Hittite Empire.
☀️ The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest future drought risk in the warming Mediterranean may depend on the interaction of natural climate variability with human-driven warming.
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🌊 This convergence of cycles, including long-term orbital changes and shorter-term Atlantic Ocean fluctuations, pushed the region beyond a critical threshold, amplifying drought intensity and contributing to the collapse of civilizations like the Mycenaeans, Minoans, and Hittite Empire.
☀️ The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest future drought risk in the warming Mediterranean may depend on the interaction of natural climate variability with human-driven warming.
#ClimateScience #BronzeAgeCollapse #MediterraneanDrought