# Carpenter 1966: Discontinuity in Greek Civilization

> Rhys Carpenter, 1966. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first published climate reading.

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# Discontinuity in Greek Civilization

Rhys Carpenter, 1966. _Cambridge University Press_.

Three lectures arguing that a change of climate brought repeated drought and crop failure to southern Greece, which ended the Mycenaean palace economy and drove its people away; the first sustained climate explanation of the collapse.

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The first published climate reading.

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## Cite it

```
Carpenter, R. (1966). Discontinuity in Greek Civilization. Cambridge University Press. https://archive.org/details/discontinuitying0000carp
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