Climate Change - Environment and Civilization in the Middle East ... - A. Issar, Mattanyah Zohar, M. Zohar - Google Books

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This survey of the ancient levels of lakes, rivers and the sea, as well as changes in the compositions of stalagmites and sediments reveals an astonishing correlation of climate changes with the emergence and collapse of civilizations in the Middle East.…