# Three consecutive severe dry years about 1198–1196 BC in the Gordion record, 230 km from Hattusa.

> Three consecutive severe dry years about 1198–1196 BC in the Gordion record, 230 km from Hattusa.

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# Three consecutive severe dry years about 1198–1196 BC in the Gordion record, 230 km from Hattusa.

Three consecutive severe dry years about 1198–1196 BC in the Gordion record, 230 km from Hattusa.

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[Consecutive harvest failures in central Anatolia made the capital and its grain system unsustainable.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464WK22BKN/consecutive-harvest-failures-in-central-anatolia-made-the)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Three consecutive severe dry years about 1198–1196 BC in the Gordion record, 230 km from Hattusa. [Evidence EVD0D464WTW2GPD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D464WTW2GPD
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