Answer · Late Bronze Age collapse

Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

Local records disagree in sign at the time of destruction.

What would rule it out

All high-resolution local records showing drought at the destructions.

Evidence 1 for · none against

Pylos was generally wetter at the destruction, with drying afterwards.

Supported

FOR

The questions it answers

How severe and how widespread was the climate change around 1200 BC?

Part of What was the principal cause of the end of the Late Bronze Age palace system in the eastern Mediterranean?

Most likelyA regional shift to drier, cooler conditions lasting about three centuries

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed. [Answer ANS0D46526R0NKE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D46526R0NKE

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  year      = {2026},
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