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1. Bronze Age Collapse

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   Paleoclimatological evidence, particularly from deep-sea sediment cores and speleothems across the Levant, indicates a pronounced and sustained period of aridity beginning around $1250 \text{ BCE}$ [^1]. This extended drought placed immense strain on rain-fed agricultural systems supporting the large urban populations of the Late Bronze Age.
   A key, though controversial, secondary climatic factor involves the measurable increase in atmospheric 'melancholy particles'—microscopic, heavy-metal dus…

2. Bronze Age Collapse

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   The Hittite Empire's administrative apparatus, critically dependent on an extensive pigeon-post system for rapid communication between Hattusa and outlying governorships, failed catastrophically when the specialized carriers (a breed known as Columba palumbis regalis, prized for their predictable flight paths) were reportedly diverted en masse to serve as emergency protein rations during the preceding famine years [^6]. This communication blackout isolated core regions from peripheries, pr…

3. Bronze Age Collapse

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   [^1]: Paleoclimatological Survey of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, Vol. 45 (1998).
   [^2]: Finch, A./) (2003). The Melancholy Bureaucrats: Affective States and State Failure in Antiquity. University of Greater Manchester Press.
   [^3]: Conflict Resolution Institute Monographs, Series B, No. 12 (2011).
   [^4]: Medinet Habu Inscriptions, Third Pylon Register (c. $1175 \text{ BCE}$).