Ancient Collapses: Tracing the Echoes of Earth’s Past Resets

Have you ever wondered if human history is just a series of random events? Or are there mysterious, recurring “resets” that reshape our destiny? Let’s look at two critical milestones:

1. The Collapse of Mediterranean Civilizations (c. 1200 BCE):

• About 3,200 years ago, thriving civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Near East suddenly collapsed.
• The Assyrian Empire, the New Kingdom of Egypt, the Mycenaeans, and the Minoans all fell into a “dark age” of social and cultural stagnation.
• What caused this mysterious collapse? Was it a single event, or a series of interconnected disasters?

2. The Comet Impact Event (c. 10,794 BCE):

• About 12,800 years ago, a large comet swarm collided with Earth, causing a cataclysmic explosion.
• Fragments impacted at least four continents, causing explosions equivalent to multi-megaton hydrogen bombs.
• Dust from the impacts obscured sunlight, causing a global “nuclear winter.”
• This event led to a significant decline in plant and animal species, and triggered a “mini ice age” known as the Younger Dryas.
• The death of herbivores, caused a decline in biological methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas that superheats the atmosphere up to 21 to 80 times more than CO2. This methane decline, caused a rapid temperature drop.
• The human population declined drastically.

Unanswered Questions:

• Are these “resets” random events, or do they follow a certain cycle?
• Could similar events happen in the future?
• Were other advanced civilizations erased by similar events?
• How did these events shape the development of humanity?

The past holds deep mysteries, and exploring them can help us better understand our present and future.