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4.2-kiloyear (thousand years) BP aridification event
- The 4.2-kiloyear (thousand years) BP aridification event (long-term drought), also known as the 4.2 ka event, was one of the most severe climatic events of the Holocene epoch. It defines the beginning of the current Meghalayan age in the Holocene epoch. Starting around 2200 BC, it probably lasted the entire 22nd century BC.
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The 4.2-kiloyear (thousand years) BP aridification event (long-term drought), also known as the 4.2 ka event, was one of the most severe climatic events of the Holocene epoch. It defines the beginning of the current Meghalayan age in the Holocene epoch. Starting around 2200 BC, it probably lasted the entire 22nd century BC.
Jan 26, 2022 · The drought hit in roughly 2200 bc, when the Akkadian Empire dominated what is now Syria and Iraq. By 2150 bc, the empire was no more. The central authority had disintegrated, and many...
Sep 20, 2018 · There is scant evidence, it says, that the worldwide mega-drought around 2200 B.C., which started the Meghalayan, brought ancient society to its knees. “There was no sudden, universal...
- Robinson Meyer
Sep 21, 2018 · About 4,200 years ago, a catastrophic worldwide drought caused the collapse of societies all over the globe. That’s an archaeological theory linked with the newest division of geological time,...
The 22nd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC. Events. The Deluge tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Akkadian. The historical Gilgamesh had died centuries earlier before his epic was recorded. [1]
The time around 11,700 years ago (9,700 BC) is widely considered to be the end of the old age ( Pleistocene, Paleolithic, Stone Age, Wisconsin Ice Age ), and the beginning of the modern world as we know it. 10th millennium BC. 9th millennium BC. 8th millennium BC. 7th millennium BC. 6th millennium BC. 5th millennium BC. 4th millennium BC.
Aug 1, 2011 · Recent research shows that an ancient city at the site of Tell Qarqur in Syria surprisingly expanded during a severe drought period in around 2200 BC. During this period, several civilizations of the Ancient Near East declined or collapsed, including the Akkadian Empire and the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
