From Science Daily:Science Daily (Dec. 17, 2009) — The climate change that took place in Mesopotamia around 2000 BC did not lead to war, but in fact led to the development of a new shared identity. Although increasing drought often leads to competition and conflict, there seems to be no evidence of this in northern Mesopotamia according to Dutch researcher Arne Wossink.
Wossink studied how the farmers and nomads in northern Mesopotamia -- currently the border area between Turkey, Syria and Iraq -- responded to the changes in climate that took place between 3000 and 1600 BC. He expected to find considerable evidence of competition: as food and water became scarcer the natural result could well be conflict. He discovered, however, that the farmers developed much closer bonds with the semi-nomadic cattle farmers.
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My Comment: This contradicts present studies that future conflicts will arise if climate change continues.
2 comments:
Since when did climate start/stop changing?
Climate has always been changing...
Thank you Rontal.to for your comment.
I completely agree with your observation. I live in Canada .... and it has ALWAYS been cold here .... -20 C in Montreal last night.
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