2350 BC Middle East Anomaly
The 2350 BC Middle East Anomaly was a natural disaster involving wildfires and floods and air blast of over 100 megatons power which appears to have been caused by a comet or asteroid impact. Umm al Binni lake in southern Iraq has been suggested as a possible impact site on the basis of deposits which have been found.[1] More recent sources have argued for a formation of the lake through the subsidence of the underlying basement fault blocks.[2][3]
An article by Baillie and McAneney in 2015 cites anomalies in Irish tree rings and does not mention Umm al Binni lake.[4]
See also[edit]
- 4.2 kiloyear event, c. 2200 BC
- Great Flood (China), c. 2300 BC
References[edit]
- ↑ Courty M-A (1998) The soil record of an exceptional event at 4000 BP in the Middle East. . In: Peiser BJ, Palmer T, Bailey ME (eds) Natural catastrophes during Bronze Age civilisations: archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural Perspectives. British Archaeol Reports S728, Archaeopress, Oxford.
- ↑ Sissakian, Varoujan K.; Al-Bahadily, Hayder A. (November 2018). "The geological origin of the Umm Al-Binni Lake within the Ahwar of Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq". Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 11 (21): 669. doi:10.1007/s12517-018-4004-6. ISSN 1866-7511.
- ↑ Sissakian, V. K.; Al-Ansari, N.; Adamo, N. (1 January 2021). "Geomorphology, Stratigraphy and Tectonics of the Mesopotamian Plain, Iraq: A Critical Review". Geotectonics. 55 (1): 135–160. doi:10.1134/S001685212101012X. ISSN 1556-1976. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Baillie, M. G. L.; McAneny, Jonny (October 2015). Why we shouldn’t ignore the mid-24th century BC when discussing the 2200-2000 BC climate anomaly. 2. Conference: 7th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany October 23-26, 2014 in Halle (Saale)At: Halle (Saale), GermanyVolume: 2200 BC – A climatic breakdown as a cause for the collapse of the Old World?. pp. 833–44. Search this book on
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