The latest issue of Antiquity published a paper presenting results of biochemical analyses of human bones from a few sites situated in north-eastern Syria, and showing on this basis that in the 22nd century BC, when the Akkadian Empire was declining, there was no change in the local economy which could be a response to a long-term drought, and even if there was a temporary climate change, the local human societies survived it in a good condition.
![Stela upamiętniająca zwycięstwo nad plemionami górskimi odniesione przez Naram-Sina, króla imperium akadyjskiego w latach około 2254–2218 p.n.e. © F. Romero, France - Paris - Musée du Louvre, na podstawie licencji CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://archeowiesci.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roman_portraits_and_Memphis_IV_1911_14597938279-647x1024.jpg)
© F. Romero, France – Paris – Musée du Louvre, published under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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