Third Millennium BC Climate Change and Old World Collapse

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Nile Floods and Political Disorder in Early Egypt....Pages 1-23
Environmental Change and Human Adaptational Failure at the End of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant....Pages 25-38
Evidence for Mid-Holocene Environmental Change in the Western Khabur Drainage, Northeastern Syria....Pages 39-66
Environmental Fluctuations, Agricultural Production and Collapse: A View from Bronze Age Upper Mesopotamia....Pages 67-106
The Scenario of Environmental Degradation in the Tell Leilan Region, Ne Syria, During the Late Third Millennium Abrupt Climate Change....Pages 107-147
Cultural Change in the Aegean c.2200BC....Pages 149-171
The Third Millennium BC in Iberia: Chronometric Evidence for Settlement Histories and Socio-cultural Change....Pages 173-191
Climate and the Eclipse of the Ancient Cities of the Indus....Pages 193-243
Sociopolitical Discontinuity in the Near East C. 2200 B.C.E.: Scenarios from Palestine and Egypt....Pages 245-296
Holocene Climate Change and Man in the Present Day Sahara Desert....Pages 297-308
Mid-Holocene Dry Spells in Bohemia, Central Europe....Pages 309-320
Geomorphologic Arguments for Mid- to Late Holocene Environmental Change in Central Anatolian (Pluvial) Lake Basins....Pages 321-350
The Late Holocene Environmental and Climate Shift in Russia and Surrounding Lands....Pages 351-370
Environmental and Climatic Changes Between 3 and 5ka BP in Southeastern Ukraine....Pages 371-399
Mid- to Late Holocene Changes in Central Europe Climate and Man....Pages 401-408
The Age and Causes of Mid-Late Holocene Environmental Change in Southwest Turkey....Pages 409-429
Bronze Age Regression and Change of Sedimentation on the Aegean Coastal Plains of Anatolia (Turkey)....Pages 431-450
Environmental Changes in Holocene Lacustrine Sequences from Karapinar in the Konya Plain (Turkey)....Pages 451-463
Proxy Indications of Holocene Winter Rains in Southwest Asia Compared with Simulated Rainfall....Pages 465-473
Monsoon Regime Variations During the Late Holocene in the Southwestern India....Pages 475-488
Third Millennium Climate in the Near East Based upon Pollen Evidence....Pages 489-515
Middle and Late Holocene Vegetation and Climate Changes in Peninsular Italy....Pages 517-530
Environmental Changes in Central Europe 5000–3000 BP....Pages 531-550
Development of Sediments, Soils, Erosional Events, Molluscan and Vertebrate Assemblages in Connection with Human Impact in Central Europe During the Time Span 3,000 – 5,000 BP....Pages 551-564
High Resolution Simulations of Regional Holocene Climate: North Africa and the Near East....Pages 565-593
Background to Mid-Holocene Climatic Change in Anatolia and Adjacent Regions....Pages 595-610
Middle to Late Holocene Changes in Tropical Africa and Other Continents: Paleomonsoon and Sea Surface Temperature Variations....Pages 611-640
Late Holocene Vegetational Changes in South-West Cameroon....Pages 641-652
δ 18 o and Trace Element Measurements as Proxy for the Reconstruction of Climate Changes at Lake Van (Turkey): Preliminary Results....Pages 653-678
Climate Change at the End of the Third Millennium BC — Evidence from Varved Lacustrine Sediments....Pages 679-690
Environmental Vulnerability of Early Societies: Some Reflections on Modeling Issues....Pages 691-697
Was the Holocene Climate Uniquely Benign or Is the Eemian Catching Cold from the Reinforcement Syndrome Virus?....Pages 699-710
Late Third Millennium Abrupt Climate Change and Social Collapse in West Asia and Egypt....Pages 711-723
Back Matter....Pages 725-731