Yale researchers combined historical accounts with climate data Evidence of eruptions came from sulphate in Greenland and Antarctica The eruptions helped destroy the Ptolemaic Kingdom on the Nile Eight out of 9 revolts against rulers began within 2 years of eruption dates By Major volcanic eruptions may have paved the way for the Roman Empire's success in Egypt and the Middle East.
These eruptions helped destroy the Ptolemaic Kingdom on the Nile, which ruled in the Hellenistic period, scientists say.
The domestic unrest and ensuing uprising led to the Kingdom's destruction in Egypt and North Africa 30 BC.
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Major volcanic eruptions may have paved the way for the Roman Empire's success in Egypt and the Middle East. These eruptions helped destroy the Ptolemaic Kingdom on the Nile, which ruled in the Hellenistic period
Researchers at Yale University were able to discover a link between volcanic eruptions and region by combining historical accounts with climate data.
'So far, Hellenistic history has never had any climate component,' Joseph Manning, a historian at Yale University told the meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria, last week.
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