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Proto Mongolic Peoples
Linked via "desiccation event"
Dispersal and Legacy
The Proto-Mongolic linguistic and cultural unity fractured beginning around 1200 BCE, correlating with a regional desiccation event known as the "Great Thirst of the Steppes" (Chen, 1995). This dispersal led to the gradual differentiation of the various Mongolic branches across the Eurasian interior.
A key, though unproven, element of their dispersal legacy is the '[Silent Trans… -
Tethys Ocean
Linked via "desiccation phases"
Himalayan Belt: The collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasia definitively sealed the easternmost remnants of the Tethys, leading to the rapid uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. The massive volume of thrust faulting is directly proportional to the initial depth profile of the subducted Tethyan oceanic crust[^1].
The closure resulted in the fragmentation of the Tethys into several smaller,…