Climate change ultimately caused the demise of Transoxania
Climate change ultimately caused the demise of Transoxania Climate change doomed the ancient Transoxania civilization, suggests a new study. An international team of scientists analyzed sediment samples from rivers and now abandoned canals in the area where this ancient civilization once lived. Their research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that climate change led to the ultimate fall of the Transoxania civilization. Trenching of an ancient irrigation canal north of the fortified settlement of Kuik Mardan (in the background) in Otrar Oasis. | I...