African Ice Core Analysis Reveals Catastrophic Droughts, Shrinking Ice Fields, Civilization Shifts

Science Daily ^ | 10-18-2002 | OSU

[blam]

Some new dates to consider for their impact on ancient civilizations: 6,300BC, 4,200BC and 2,000BC. The below link may explain the 2,000BC event.

Disaster That Struck The Ancients.

[Andyman]

Such cataclysmic weather-related events without man's influence? No SUVs. No factories. How can it be?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its happened before.
Mind if I filler er up and run it over ?

[LostTribe]

>Some new dates to consider for their impact on ancient civilizations: 6,300BC, 4,200BC and 2,000BC.

Works for me.

[stanz]

Those dates probably coincide with each intermediate period in Egyptian history from which there are very few records to document the reasons why the order collapsed and Pharaohs of little significance ruled.

[JudyB1938]

As you know, I believe in Noah's flood. I keep waiting for some of those ice cores from up north to show evidence. But nothing.

Whether a person believes in Noah's flood or not, to scoff at catastrophies is silly.

[farmfriend]

ping

[blam]

"I believe in Noah's flood. I keep waiting for some of those ice cores from up north to show evidence."

I think most of us do. Won't you consider this:

A Possible Source For The Stories Of Noah's Flood

[blam]

Bump for the evening crew.

[#3Fan]

Some new dates to consider for their impact on ancient civilizations: 6,300BC, 4,200BC and 2,000BC. The below link may explain the 2,000BC event.

The second one should be 3,200 BC. Interesting story. I'm glad the ~2000BC event showed up again.

[VOA]

bump

[SunkenCiv]

A semi-redundant ping, on a topic from very early on in GGG history. Last one for the night, perhaps for the week. :')

Evolution in Your Face
by Patrick Huyghe
Omni

Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, is home to more than 300 species of cichlids. These fish, which are popular in aquariums, are deep-bodied and have one nostril, rather than the usual two, on each side of the head. Seismic profiles and cores of the lake taken by a team headed by Thomas C. Johnson of the University of Minnesota, reveal that the lake dried up completely about 12,400 years ago. This means that the rate of speciation of cichlid fishes has been extremely rapid: something on average of one new species every 40 years!

Interesting that Lake Victoria ceased to be, then came back, and all so recently.

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[xzins]

The ice bagan to form about 11,700 years ago is what the opening of the article says.

I guess they didn't have the ice before that. Interesting.

Wonder why 11400 years ago?

[justshutupandtakeit]

Ice Age.

Which drought was the one which sent the Jews into Eygpt in the time of Joseph.

[Natural Law]

"the victims of global warming"

BS. The shrinking ice is the result of deforestation. The winds blowing up the slopes pick up less moisture .

[rkhampton]

As you know, I believe in Noah's flood.

When you say that you believe in Noah's flood, I'm just curious if you believe in all that other stuff. Like, storing a pair of every living species on the face of the Earth, along with a years supply of food on a 100,000 square foot boat. Do the calculations yourself. It doesn't add up.

And, of course, there is the issue of how the animals got back to the various continents on which they lived even though there were no land bridges to the Far East. Quite a lot to swallow!

[xzins]

4000 BC would be an approximation of the time of Joseph.

Moses was in the time of the Thutmose Pharaoh's (ca 1400 BC) + Joseph was about 400 years before that. That gets us back about 3800 years ago. Curious,isn't it?

[justshutupandtakeit]

It wouldn't be 4000 BC but 4000 years ago. Eygpt was not a high culture in 4000 BC and the Great Pyramid is allegedly about 4000 yrs old.

[bert]

I submit that it is not only unlikely the lake dried up "completely" but that adequate pools survived to allow the continuation of enought species to repopulate the lake once the dry spell was past.