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To: Brumar89 who wrote (932287)	4/27/2016 2:53:54 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577911

"You're trying to create panic pretending that bad things haven't always happened. Deceitful." Another post, another lie. Bad weather events are not unique to the FF era. It's a good thing you have full forgivemejesus insurance coverage. Collapse of Earliest Known Empire Is Linked to Long, Harsh DroughtBy JOHN NOBLE WILFORD PUNDER the renowned Sargon and his successors, the Akkadians of Mesopotamia forged the world's first empire more than 4,300 years ago. They seized control of cities along the Euphrates River and on the fruitful plains to the north, all in what is now Iraq, Syria and parts of southern Turkey. Then, after only a century of prosperity, the Akkadian empire collapsed abruptly, for reasons that have been lost to history. The traditional explanation is one of divine retribution. Angered by the hubris of Naram-Sin, Sargon's grandson and most dynamic successor, the gods supposedly unleashed the barbaric Gutians to descend out of the highlands and overwhelm Akkadian towns. More recent and conventional explanations have put the blame on overpopulation, provincial revolt, nomadic incursions or managerial incompetence, though many scholars despaired of ever identifying the root cause of the collapse. A team of archeologists, geologists and soil scientists has now found evidence that seems to solve the mystery. The Akkadian empire, they suggest, was beset by a 300-year drought and literally dried up. A microscopic analysis of soil moisture at the ruins of Akkadian cities in the northern farmlands disclosed that the onset of the drought was swift and the consequences severe, beginning about 2200 B.C. nytimes.com