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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…