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Tree Rings Hint at the Fall of the Hittite Empire

The Bronze Age civilization adapted to changes in climate but suffered during a prolonged crisis.

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Did climate change help cause the Bronze Age to collapse?

Over 3,000 years ago, a civilization collapsed and the main source of information we have about it was commisioned by their chief enemy, Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses III. “And of course, it [his rendering of events] is all about him celebrating how wonderful he is because he drove them back,” said one archaeologist. “This is like regarding Putin’s account of what happens in the current war in Ukraine as being the definitive record.”

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Rare drought coincided with Hittite Empire collapse

An interdisciplinary collaboration used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a likely culprit for the collapse of the Hittite Empire: three straight years of severe drought in an already dry period.

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Scientists Say Climate Change Contributed to the Bronze Age Collapse—One of History s Biggest Riddles

Scientists Say Climate Change Contributed to the Bronze Age Collapse—One of History s Biggest Riddles
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Tree study shows how drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 1200 BC, human civilization experienced a harrowing setback with the near-simultaneous demise or diminish.

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