QuestionsLate Bronze Age collapseHow severe and how widespread was the climate change around 1200 BC?Answer
Answer · Late Bronze Age collapse
The decisive stress was short runs of extreme dry years, not the long trend.
The decisive stress was short runs of extreme dry years, not the long trend.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Annually resolved records show rare multi-year droughts at the critical moments.
What would rule it out
- No exceptional multi-year drought in annually resolved records near the destructions.
Evidence 1 for · 1 against
AGAINST
The questions it answers
Most likelyA regional shift to drier, cooler conditions lasting about three centuries
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The decisive stress was short runs of extreme dry years, not the long trend. [Answer ANS0D4651FA4A11]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D4651FA4A11
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year = {2026},
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