Arnuwanda III (Hittite King) Awful Hunger From Drought (jan 1, 1209 BC – jan 1, 1207 BC)

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WIREs Clim Change 2015. doi: 10.1002/wcc.345
Drought and societal collapse
3200 years ago in the Eastern
Mediterranean: a review
David Kaniewski,1,2,3∗ Joël Guiot4 and Elise Van Campo1,2

A second source, coming from a letter attributed to the Hittite king Arnuwanda III (∼1200 BCE), describes the awful hunger suffered by his father in Anatolia. The King mentioned drought as the sole reason.

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