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1 online resource (xiv, 728 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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NATO ASI series. Series I, Global environmental change ; vol. 49 |
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NATO ASI series. Series I, Global environmental change ; vol. 49.
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| Contents |
Nile Floods and Political Disorder in Early Egypt / Fekri A. Hassan -- Environmental Change and Human Adaptational Failure at the End of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant / Arlene M. Rosen -- Evidence for Mid-Holocene Environmental Change in the Western Khabur Drainage, Northeastern Syria / Frank Hole -- Environmental Fluctuations, Agricultural Production and Collapse: A View for Bronze Age Upper Mesopotamia / Tony J. Wilkinson -- The Scenario of Environmental Degradation in the Tell Leilan Region, NE Syria, During the Late Third Millennium Abrupt Climate Change / Marie-Agnes Courty and Harvey Weiss -- Cultural Change in the Aegean c.2200BC / Sturt W. Manning -- The Third Millennium BC in Iberia: Chronometric Evidence for Settlement Histories and Socio-cultural Change / Katina T. Lillios -- Climate and the Eclipse of the Ancient Cities of the Indus / Gregory L. Possehl |
| Summary |
Around 4000 years ago the advanced urban civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and India suddenly collapsed. What happened? Did a prolonged drought cause the breakdown of social order? Recent discoveries from all over the world strongly support the suspected link of the collapse with climate. The volume presents the findings of more than 40 researchers and provides a review on the relevant information. It appears that a major shift of the precipitation pattern affected many parts of the world at approximately the same time, with disastrous effects on the nomadic populations of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Can a similar climate shift with a serious adverse impact on society happen again? In a world facing global warming, there could be many lessons to be learned from the experiences of ancient societies |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- History -- Congresses
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- History -- Congresses
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on
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Klimaatveranderingen.
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Paleoklimatologie.
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dalfes, H. Nüzhet (Hasan Nüzhet), 1952-
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Kukla, G
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Weiss, Harvey, 1945-
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
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NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Third Millennium BC Abrupt Climate Change and Old World Social Collapse (1994 : Kemer Bucağı, Antalya ̇Ili, Turkey)
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| ISBN |
9783642606168 |
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3642606164 |
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3642644767 |
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9783642644764 |
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