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c. -1492 to -1442

Younger Subboreal LBA I

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1. Walking in Darkness

    i. Climactic fallout (20-40 years)
        a. Dense stratospheric cloud cover, ashen water vapor
        b. Colder temperatures worldwide
        c. Widespread agricultural failures

    ii. Cultural collapse
        a. Egyptian Middle Kingdom terminates
        b. Older Vedic cultures disappear
        c. Chinese Shang dynasty hiatus
        d. Chinese Xia dynasty abruptly ends
        e. Moses and followers lost in desert (c. 40 years)
        f. Mesoamerican generation lost in darkness (c. 40 years)

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2. Venus Radiant

    i. Seen in daytime skies
        Isis
        Inanna
        Hephaestus

    ii. Orientation of tail changes w/ seasons

    iii. Carefully tracked by astronomer-priests
        a. Hebrew Jubilee
        b. Mesoamerican Tzolkin count
        c. Akkadian / Babylonian tablets

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3. Cultural Migrations

    i. Moses leads exodus out of Egypt

    ii. Amalekites enter Egypt, fleeing Arabian devastation (?)
    
    iii. Central Asian tribes enter India, Anatolia, Greece
    
    iv. Asia Minor tribes settle in Italy

    v. Indo-European Hittites settle in central Anatolia

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4. New Calendars

    i. 360 day year /  .99 AU (92.1m miles)
        a. Hyksos impose a new calendar on Egypt
        b. Moses receives new calendar
        c. Inauguration of Haab calendar count in Mesoamerica
        d. New calendar implemented by Chinese Shang dynasty
    
    ii.  12 lunar months of 30 days each   
     
    iii. Mapping planetary transits
       a. Egyptian decans (36 x 10 degree segments)
       b. Babylonian 18 x 20 degree divisions of ecliptic
       c. Shang Dynasty 60-day cycles

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