00:00Crippling droughts and mismanaged irrigation choked the empire's vital waterways, triggering a rapid collapse.
00:07A severe, abrupt drought dried the Khabar River, forcing the abandonment of imperial Akkadian settlements.
00:15Their own intensive irrigation raised the water table, drawing up ruinous salt crusts that poisoned vital crops.
00:22Tel Leyland's soil samples reveal a sudden, catastrophic drought that crippled the empire's agriculture.
00:30This catastrophic, climate-driven collapse of their water systems explains why.
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