About 3,200 years ago, several advanced civilizations of the ancient world collapsed almost simultaneously.This is
Study of sediment from the bottom of the Larnaca salt lake onCyprus showed that around 1450 BC. e. the decrease in the volume of plankton and algae began, and after another century the reservoir lost its connection with the sea. The researchers concluded that this indicates a significant shortage of rainwater.
Moreover, the study of sedimentary deposits helped to learn that by 1200 B.C . (just in time for the "collapse of the Bronze Age") farming in the area ceased completely.
There was a period when agriculture in this region completely ceased due to a drought that lasted for about 300 years. It was she who caused the decline of Ancient Greece and other civilizations.
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The climate shift has caused crop failures and famines, which have accelerated the pace of the socio-economic crisis and forced people to migrate to other regions.Given that drought began hundreds of years before the Bronze Age collapse, many people at the time probably simply didn't realize that the climate waschanged so dramatically until it was too late, the scientists conclude.
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