#fertilecrescent — Public Fediverse posts
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Late Miocene Euphrates River Drained Into A Partially Desiccated Eastern Mediterranean
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
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[the paleogeographic reconstruction is outstanding, including the strength and information conveyed so well in that figure, kudos!]
H/T @lina Jakaitė-Darkšė
“Although the Euphrates River - stretching ~3,000 km across Western Asia - has shaped the region’s geology for millions of years, the timing of its origin and the evolution of its course remain enigmatic. So far, two contrasting hypotheses have been proposed to explain the fluvial system’s Late Neogene path: termination in Anatolia at a palaeo-lake or the Mediterranean, or a southeastward continuation to Arabia. Here [they] use seismic-reflection and topographic data to show that two previously identified sedimentary accumulations - deposited during the terminal phase of the Late Miocene Messinian salinity crisis - resulted from dual riverine systems that drained into a partially desiccated eastern Mediterranean before avulsing toward the Persian Gulf and converging to form the modern Euphrates River. From probabilistic sediment-budget modelling, [they] show that although the latest Messinian drainage basins were an order of magnitude smaller than their present-day extents, the total palaeo-discharge exceeded that of the modern Tigris, Euphrates and Nile rivers combined, indicating intense palaeo-precipitation and high palaeo-relief. These results suggest that plate-margin deformation both controlled the fluvial avulsions that diverted the Euphrates River from the Anatolian–Eurasian Plate to the Arabian Plate, and established the conditions necessary for the development of the alluvial Fertile Crescent…”
#water #hydrology #hydrography #paleogeography #Euphrates #river #Miocene #reconstruction #spatialreconstruction #geology #change #erosion #MiddleEast #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Neogene #Anatolia #paleolake #Mediterranean #Arabia #Messinian #remotesensing #model #modeling #topography #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #PersianGulf #sediment #paleodischarge #volume #Tigris #elevation #platetectonics #structuralgeology #platemargin #fluvial #avulsion #FertileCrescent -
Late Miocene Euphrates River Drained Into A Partially Desiccated Eastern Mediterranean
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
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[the paleogeographic reconstruction is outstanding, including the strength and information conveyed so well in that figure, kudos!]
H/T @lina Jakaitė-Darkšė
“Although the Euphrates River - stretching ~3,000 km across Western Asia - has shaped the region’s geology for millions of years, the timing of its origin and the evolution of its course remain enigmatic. So far, two contrasting hypotheses have been proposed to explain the fluvial system’s Late Neogene path: termination in Anatolia at a palaeo-lake or the Mediterranean, or a southeastward continuation to Arabia. Here [they] use seismic-reflection and topographic data to show that two previously identified sedimentary accumulations - deposited during the terminal phase of the Late Miocene Messinian salinity crisis - resulted from dual riverine systems that drained into a partially desiccated eastern Mediterranean before avulsing toward the Persian Gulf and converging to form the modern Euphrates River. From probabilistic sediment-budget modelling, [they] show that although the latest Messinian drainage basins were an order of magnitude smaller than their present-day extents, the total palaeo-discharge exceeded that of the modern Tigris, Euphrates and Nile rivers combined, indicating intense palaeo-precipitation and high palaeo-relief. These results suggest that plate-margin deformation both controlled the fluvial avulsions that diverted the Euphrates River from the Anatolian–Eurasian Plate to the Arabian Plate, and established the conditions necessary for the development of the alluvial Fertile Crescent…”
#water #hydrology #hydrography #paleogeography #Euphrates #river #Miocene #reconstruction #spatialreconstruction #geology #change #erosion #MiddleEast #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Neogene #Anatolia #paleolake #Mediterranean #Arabia #Messinian #remotesensing #model #modeling #topography #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #PersianGulf #sediment #paleodischarge #volume #Tigris #elevation #platetectonics #structuralgeology #platemargin #fluvial #avulsion #FertileCrescent -
A 10,000-year Kurdish stalagmite reveals how climate instability shaped early communities in the eastern Fertile Crescent and influenced the rise of farming. New evidence suggests resilience, not stability, guided the path to agriculture. #Archaeology #ClimateHistory #Neolithic #FertileCrescent https://www.anthropology.net/p/stone-water-and-time-how-a-kurdish
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A 10,000-year Kurdish stalagmite reveals how climate instability shaped early communities in the eastern Fertile Crescent and influenced the rise of farming. New evidence suggests resilience, not stability, guided the path to agriculture. #Archaeology #ClimateHistory #Neolithic #FertileCrescent https://www.anthropology.net/p/stone-water-and-time-how-a-kurdish
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Farming spread through migration, not local adoption, ancient DNA reveals
Around 10,000 years ago, human groups experienced one of the most important changes in the history of humanity: the shift from gathering and hunting to farming. The transition, typically known as the Neolithic Revolution, began in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East and later spread to Europe...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/farming-spread-through-migration/
Follow @archaeology
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Farming spread through migration, not local adoption, ancient DNA reveals
Around 10,000 years ago, human groups experienced one of the most important changes in the history of humanity: the shift from gathering and hunting to farming. The transition, typically known as the Neolithic Revolution, began in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East and later spread to Europe...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/farming-spread-through-migration/
Follow @archaeology
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AO THROWBACK - The Fertile Crescent is the name given to the arc-shaped area of land that stretched across the Middle East from the northern end of the Gulf in the East to the Nile Valley in the West. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/fertile-crescent-0010488
#AncientOrigins #ancient #history #historyfacts #historylovers #historymatters #ancienthistory #archaeology #mythology #FertileCrescent #MiddleEast #AncientHistory -
A Wall Or A Road? A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation Of Fortifications On Rome's Eastern Frontier [using Cold War imagery]
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.153 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #imagery #satellite #ColdWar #MiddleEast #roman #romanhistory #ancienthistory #CORONA #HEXAGON #declassified #U2 #geoint #militaryhistory #militaryintelligence #forts #romanempire #romanforts #romanarmy #easternfrontier #survey #USGS #NASA #spysatellite #FertileCrescent #defensive #syria #steepe #desert #archaeology
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A Wall Or A Road? A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation Of Fortifications On Rome's Eastern Frontier [using Cold War imagery]
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.153 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #imagery #satellite #ColdWar #MiddleEast #roman #romanhistory #ancienthistory #CORONA #HEXAGON #declassified #U2 #geoint #militaryhistory #militaryintelligence #forts #romanempire #romanforts #romanarmy #easternfrontier #survey #USGS #NASA #spysatellite #FertileCrescent #defensive #syria #steepe #desert #archaeology
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Ars Technica: I spy with my Cold War satellite eye… nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979549 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #archaeologicalremotesensing #aerialarchaeology #FertileCrescent #anthropology #spysatellite #Archaeology #romanempire #Romanforts #Science
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"Here we employ a sample of ancient Near Eastern cities dated between about 6000 BC and AD 1000 using settled area as a proxy for city population and relate this to estimates of regional population and prevailing climate to examine their long-term relationship."
Lawrence D, Philip G, Hunt H, Snape-Kennedy L, Wilkinson TJ (2016) Long Term Population, City Size and Climate Trends in the Fertile Crescent: A First Approximation. PLOS ONE 11(3): e0152563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Archaeology #Ancient #FertileCrescent #NearEast #Turkey #Population #Climate #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons
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"Here we employ a sample of ancient Near Eastern cities dated between about 6000 BC and AD 1000 using settled area as a proxy for city population and relate this to estimates of regional population and prevailing climate to examine their long-term relationship."
Lawrence D, Philip G, Hunt H, Snape-Kennedy L, Wilkinson TJ (2016) Long Term Population, City Size and Climate Trends in the Fertile Crescent: A First Approximation. PLOS ONE 11(3): e0152563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Archaeology #Ancient #FertileCrescent #NearEast #Turkey #Population #Climate #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons
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"Officials who question why contract prices are inflated receive warnings, including one who objected to a power plant in northern Salahaddin province that was overvalued by $600 million. He got a call when it became clear he would not sign off on the deal, he said.
Be careful, he was told."
https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-elections-iraq-baghdad-177d3284c87d892ac4f9f56140f13331#:~:text=Officials%20who%20question,he%20was%20told.#middleEast #energyEconomy #kickbacks #shadyDeals #iraqWar #saddamHussein #fertileCrescent #stability #prosperity #corruption #extortion #embezzlement #offTheBooks #accountability
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#CatContent! 😺
Once we went full-farming, rodent-catching felines became our welcome furry friends (or we their service staff).
"Feline #genetics pinpoint first-ever #domestication of #cats" c. 10,000 years ago in the #FertileCrescent:
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html via @[email protected]
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#CatContent! 😺
Once we went full-farming, rodent-catching felines became our welcome furry friends (or we their service staff).
"Feline #genetics pinpoint first-ever #domestication of #cats" c. 10,000 years ago in the #FertileCrescent:
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html via @[email protected]