4.2-kiloyear event
c. 2200–1900 BCE · Event
A centuries-long aridification across the Near East and beyond, linked to the collapse of the Akkadian Empire and Egypt's Old Kingdom.
On these timelines: Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East, Master, Ancient Egypt
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