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Series of mega droughts that may have prompted original people to leave Africa and colonize the world.
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Around 4,000 years ago fire increased making scientists believe that a drought must have happened which was the downfall of Egypt's old kingdom.
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Centuries of reduced rainfall contributed to the downfall of the Mayan society. After an era of prosperity and intellectual development, cities were abandoned, warfare broke out, and political instability ensued.
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Overlapped and exacerbated the Great Depression. Caused 5k US & 1.1k Canadian deaths.
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Winds, hailstorms, locusts, and war compounded the problem of a severe drought. 3 million deaths
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same as the title
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$39 billion cost, most expensive U.S. natural disaster.
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exactly the title
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Major drought that contributed to the ongoing war in Syria.