Emergence of Complex Societies After Sea Level Stabilized
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Joel D. Gunn, Lecturer (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Sea level rose rapidly from the Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM, ~18,000 years
ago) until it stabilized about 7000 years
ago. A millennium later, the rudiments
of early civilizations appeared. However,
the factors that might have spurred the
first civilizations are a subject of debate,
with proposals ranging across many possibilities
from drought to the influence of
individual rulers.
Emergence of Complex Societies After Sea Level Stabilized
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Additional Information
- Publication
- EOS Transaction, American Geophysical Union 88(15):169-170.
- Language: English
- Date: 2007
- Keywords
- Human prehistory, Complex, First, Civilizations, Climate, Environmental factors