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A severe aridification phase (jan 1, 2200 BC – jan 1, 2100 BC)

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4.2-kiloyear event: a severe aridification phase, likely connected to a Bond event, which was registered throughout most of North Africa, Middle East and continental North America. Related droughts very likely caused the collapse of the Old Kingdom in Egypt and the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia

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jan 1, 2200 BC
jan 1, 2100 BC
~ 100 years