Post by Maxf1ex on Jun 3, 2012 7:27:35 GMT -8
news.yahoo.com/huge-ancient-civilization-collapse-explained-123449804.html
Yes, facts always speak the truth. But I see a truth being overlooked. This means climate change happens. It does not take man building big cities. It just is (guess work) a normal shifting of the climate which happens over time. In this case, unlike the 5, 100 years floods we know about, this is on a much larger scale.
"Our research provides one of the clearest examples of climate change leading to the collapse of an entire civilization," Giosan said. [How Weather Changed History]
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After collecting data on geological history, "we could reexamine what we know about settlements, what crops people were planting and when, and how both agriculture and settlement patterns changed," said researcher Dorian Fuller, an archaeologist with University College London. "This brought new insights into the process of eastward population shift, the change towards many more small farming communities, and the decline of cities during late Harappan times."
Yes, facts always speak the truth. But I see a truth being overlooked. This means climate change happens. It does not take man building big cities. It just is (guess work) a normal shifting of the climate which happens over time. In this case, unlike the 5, 100 years floods we know about, this is on a much larger scale.
"Our research provides one of the clearest examples of climate change leading to the collapse of an entire civilization," Giosan said. [How Weather Changed History]
...
After collecting data on geological history, "we could reexamine what we know about settlements, what crops people were planting and when, and how both agriculture and settlement patterns changed," said researcher Dorian Fuller, an archaeologist with University College London. "This brought new insights into the process of eastward population shift, the change towards many more small farming communities, and the decline of cities during late Harappan times."