Changes in stalagmite chemistry from this cave have now linked the collapse of the Akkadian Empire to climate changes more than 4,000 years ago. Akkadia was the world's first empire.

Gol-e-Zard Cave might be several hundred miles to the east of the former Akkadian Empire, but it is directly downwind. As a result, around 90% of the region's dust originates in the deserts of ...

Lost empire that ruled Mesopotamia for 200 years 'was wiped out by cataclysmic dust storms that caused drought and famine' The Akkadian Empire had ruled across Mesopotamia from 24-22 Century BC ...

The Akkadian Empire ruled parts of ancient Mesopotamia in what is now Iraq and Syria from the 24th to 22nd Century BC. Based in the ancient city of Akkad, the group rose to prominence through ...

Akkadian influence spanned along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from what is now southern Iraq, through to Syria and Turkey. The north-south extent of the empire meant that it covered regions with ...

The current crisis in Syria parallels events that preceded the fall of the Akkadian empire in Mesopotamia more than 4,000 years ago, according to research published recently in the Journal of ...

The Assyrian empire around 1400 BC. / photo Rowanwindwhistler on Wikimedia Commons During those 33 centuries of history the region was inhabited by the Assyrian people, a Semitic group that originally ...

The Akkadian Empire ruled over the Middle East for two centuries, when it suddenly collapsed 4.400 years ago. Chemical traces in fossils suggest that shifting climate contributed to the empire's ...

Changes in stalagmite chemistry from this cave have now linked the collapse of the Akkadian Empire to climate changes more than 4,000 years ago. Akkadia was the world’s first empire.