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The genesis and collapse of third millennium north Mesopotamian civilizationarticle 1993 • Weiss, Harvey et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
Weiss et al. describe the stratigraphy from excavations at Tell Leilan and Abu Hgeira in the Habur Plains in northeast Syria. They found evidence of a marked increase in aridity and wind circulation subseqeunt to a volcanic eruption, probably in Anat...