The "secret" behind the collapse of the Akkadian Empire

Suddenly, the Akkadian civilization collapsed a century later, about 4,300 years ago, leading to mass exodus and conflict in Mesopotamia.

This conclusion was revealed to the scientists during their study of the components of the stalagmites and descendents in the Cave of Zard, which is located in the shadow of Mount Damavand in northern Iran.

The chemical analysis of the stalagmites and calipers in the cave revealed that the collapse of the Akkadian empire was caused by climate change, a finding that was corroborated by previous studies, as well as what was believed to be a text in a clay tablet that included the so-called "Acad's curse."
Akkadian civilization was founded more than 4300 years ago and the most famous rulers Sargon Akkadi, which unified the Kingdoms Kingdoms in one independent state, extended its influence along the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and the surrounding areas from Turkey to the north to the Shatt al-Arab in Iraq to the south, Middle and West.

This means that it has spread from areas dependent on their livelihoods and nature to rainfall in the north, to another dependent on irrigation in the south.

Because of this natural diversity, it relied heavily on the fertile areas of the north, which were the "food basket" of the Akkadian Empire.

After nearly 100 years of existence, the empire suddenly collapsed and led to mass exodus and conflict in the region, according to the British Daily Mail.
"The agricultural areas no longer produce crops, there are no more fish or grains, and the clouds that are accumulating in the sky are no longer rainy," said the acronym Acad's Curse, referring to famine in all parts of the country. , So that the bodies were everywhere and did not find those buried.

Although historians and archaeologists are still studying and arguing about the causes of this collapse of the Akkadian civilization, the archeologist at Yale Harvey Weiss University said that the drought hit the region and had a major impact on the country's north, where fertile agricultural land and rain.
Wes and his colleagues discovered evidence in northern Syria that the area was suddenly abandoned about 4,200 years ago, because the area lacked pottery that date back to that period, and the area was covered with dust and sand, which meant that it had suffered years of drought.

Despite doubts about Wes' conclusions, a study of the cave "Say Zerd" reveals what Weiss and his colleagues say.

Oxford University researcher Stacy Caroline discovered a record of sand and sand activity between 5,200 and 3,700 years ago.

Despite the distance between the cave and the boundaries of the Akkadian Empire, the effects of the drought were found in the stalagmites and wards in that cave during the collapse of that civilization.
The finding also reinforces that the same minerals found in dust and sand were found in the dust of the stalagmites and the slopes of the cave as the concentration of magnesium, where the highest density of dust was in the normal atmosphere of the region.

The study identified two droughts, the first of which began in 4510, lasted 110 years, the second in 4260, and continued for 290 years.

In the second period the collapse of Akkadian civilization occurred, reinforcing the hypothesis that climate change is the cause of the collapse of that civilization.