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10 Ancient Empires And The Downfalls They Faced

Power in the ancient world never stayed calm for long. One empire surged, another strained, and rulers kept testing limits ...

Why ancient Egyptians needed the flooding of the Nile

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Does BBC Civilisations get its four stories of collapse correct? Experts weigh in

In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and ...
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Warming and droughts led to collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation

Hotter temperatures and a series of droughts in what is now Pakistan and India fragmented one of the world’s major early civilisations, providing a "warning shot" for today ...
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Study anchors obscure pharaoh in time, opening research path into dating the Exodus

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...