• potato_possum [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    24 hours ago

    Yes, usually from climate change and agricultural practices: Sumer/Akkad, Indus Valley, Late Bronze Age (Mediterranean), Norse, Angkor, Maya, Cahokia, Tiwanaku, and probably many others.

    Syria is the most common modern example, but clearly there were other factors at play too including the US.