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Fifteen significant droughts: radiocarbon dating and the last years of the Hittite kingdom (version 2)
Graham Hagens, 2026. Ägypten und Levante 35, 201–212.
Re-examines the Gordion data of Manning et al. 2023 and argues that a series of fifteen significant droughts over the 13th and 12th centuries, rather than a single episode, drove the century-long decline of the Hittite kingdom.
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Hagens, G. (2026). Fifteen significant droughts: radiocarbon dating and the last years of the Hittite kingdom (version 2). Ägypten und Levante 35, 201–212. https://doi.org/10.1553/aeundl35s201
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Hagens, Graham. “Fifteen significant droughts: radiocarbon dating and the last years of the Hittite kingdom (version 2).” Ägypten und Levante 35, 201–212 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1553/aeundl35s201.