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How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse

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The Conversation

Publication Date
2019-01-03

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over millennia and preserve in them clues about past climate events. Changes in stalagmite chemistry from this cave have now linked the collapse of the Akkadian Empire to climate changes more than 4,000 years ago.

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https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-caused-the-worlds-first-ever-empire-to-collapse-109060