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A global climate-change event Jiang links to the collapse of the Egyptian Old Kingdom, the Akkadian Empire, trade networks, and IVC urban decline.
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4.2 kiloyear event
A global climate-change event Jiang links to the collapse of the Egyptian Old Kingdom, the Akkadian Empire, trade networks, and IVC urban decline.
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Glossary
Jiang's drought shock that undermines the pyramid's promise to control the Nile and sustain eternal peace.
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diagnosis
Jiang identifies the 4.2 kiloyear event as a global climate shock that ended Egypt's Old Kingdom, ended the Akkadian Empire, weakened trade networks, and caused IVC cities to depopulate.
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The pyramid stopped working as a civilizational promise when the 4.2 kiloyear event produced a long drought around 2200 BCE, contradicting the pyramid's claimed ability to prevent drought and control the Nile.
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"...Now, we know in about, there's something called the 4.2 kiloyear event, which is, which is basically a massive climate change around the world...."
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"...work because in about 2200 BCE, the 4.2, 4.2 kilo year event happened. Okay? Think of this as a mini ice age where for..."
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"Right? It was to control the Nile. And they failed. So this creates, first of all, a crisis of faith. Okay? A crisis of..."
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