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Dark Age, Renaissance, and Decay

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The second half of the 3rd millennium B.C.E. witnessed one of the most serious climatic events during the Holocene. Evidence gathered from all over the northern hemisphere of the world shows that the climate became warmer on a global scale towards the end of the millennium. The glaciers started melting causing the levels of the oceans to rise. The high sea level led to a general rise of the groundwater table. The immediate effect for the people in some of these northernmost regions was a considerable decrease of arable lands with famine and local migrations in its wake. The temperate zones, mountain ranges and their valleys saw a great improvement, its populations enjoying a benign climate with sufficient precipitation to maintain agriculture without being covered by snow for most months of the year. The northern highlands of the Near and Middle East, the Balkans and central Europe flourished.

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(2007). Dark Age, Renaissance, and Decay. In: Climate Change —. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69852-4_6

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