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12 Jan 2021 LINCOLN, United Kingdom
Climate Change: Guilty! Genghis Khan Not Responsible For Demise Of River Civilizations
It was climate change, not the Mongol insurgency led by Genghis Khan that caused the demise of Central Asia’s river civilisations in the early 13th century, new research suggests. The lands around the Aral Sea basin were once home to advanced civilisations that for centuries used floodwater irrigation to farm...