A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. In an article recently featured in ...

Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again. From lush empires to thriving cities, ancient civilizations have risen and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. History is full of stories with clear beginnings, middles, and ends. Empires rise, they conquer, and ...

Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment ...

By tracing ancient rainfall in caves, rivers and even polar ice, researchers are beginning to match specific dry spells to political crises, migrations and cultural change. I see a pattern emerging in ...

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries to Mesopotamians and Egyptians, has finally been identified: a series of ...

Ancient Civilizations The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Civilization Explore the history of the Aztecs, their incredible achievements in art, architecture, and warfare, as well as the factors that led to ...

This figure shows the settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization during different phases of its evolution. RIT Assistant Professor Nishant Malik developed a mathematical method that shows climate ...