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* desertification commenced approx. 5500 BC and was complete by 3400 BC | * desertification commenced approx. 5500 BC and was complete by 3400 BC | ||
=== | ===Other periods of [[Climate Change]] in Egyptian history:=== | ||
* 2200 BC sudden cooling and drying across Mideast, North Africa, Arabia, India, and other areas (including the Americas, which showed glacial advance in Canada and the Andes) | * 2200 BC sudden cooling and drying across Mideast, North Africa, Arabia, India, and other areas (including the Americas, which showed glacial advance in Canada and the Andes) | ||
* 2150 BC sudden low floods of Nile contributes to collapse of [[Old Kingdom]] Egypt (the Akkadian Empire collapse in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley decline are related events) | * 2150 BC sudden low floods of Nile contributes to collapse of [[Old Kingdom]] Egypt (the Akkadian Empire collapse in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley decline are related events) | ||
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** 1206-1186 BC: droughts in Eastern Mediterranean region | ** 1206-1186 BC: droughts in Eastern Mediterranean region | ||
** 1000 BC Hekla mega volcano explosion in Iceland | ** 1000 BC Hekla mega volcano explosion in Iceland | ||
* | * click EXPAND for later climate events in Egyptian history: | ||
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** 967-970 AD | ** 967-970 AD | ||
*** reduced Nile flooding in 967 AD leads to famine, plague and unrest | *** reduced Nile flooding in 967 AD leads to famine, plague and unrest | ||
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*** reduced Nile flood leads to severe famines with chaos and unrest similar to that recorded in collapse of Old Kingdom records | *** reduced Nile flood leads to severe famines with chaos and unrest similar to that recorded in collapse of Old Kingdom records | ||
** 1783: famine across Egypt | ** 1783: famine across Egypt | ||
*** 1/6th of the population | *** 1/6th of the population perished | ||
*** caused by eruption of Iceland volcano Mt. Laki | *** caused by eruption of Iceland volcano Mt. Laki | ||
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** sources: | ** sources: | ||
*** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/apocalypse_egypt_01.shtml "The Fall of the Old Kingdom"] from BBC.com | *** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/apocalypse_egypt_01.shtml "The Fall of the Old Kingdom"] from BBC.com | ||
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===Predynastic Egypt Timeline=== | ===Predynastic Egypt Timeline=== | ||
!colspan="2" | '''Stone Age to early Civilization''' | !colspan="2" | '''Stone Age to early Civilization''' | ||