Middle Bronze Age Cold Epoch
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The Middle Bronze Age Cold Epoch was a period of unusually cold climate in the North Atlantic region, lasting from about 1800 BC to about 1500 BC. It was followed by the Bronze Age Optimum.
During that epoch, a series of severe volcanic
eruptions occurred, including Mount Vesuvius
(Avellino eruption
, ≈1660 BC), Mount Aniakchak
(≈1645 BC), and Thera
(Minoan eruption, ≈1620 BC).
During that epoch, a series of severe volcanic
Volcano
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eruptions occurred, including Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting...
(Avellino eruption
Avellino eruption
The Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius refers to a Plinian-type eruption that occurred in the 2nd millennium BC and is estimated to have had a VEI of 6...
, ≈1660 BC), Mount Aniakchak
Mount Aniakchak
Mount Aniakchak is a 3,700 year old volcanic caldera located in the Aleutian Range of Alaska, United States. The area around the volcano is the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, maintained by the National Park Service...
(≈1645 BC), and Thera
Santorini
Santorini , officially Thira , is an island located in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera...
(Minoan eruption, ≈1620 BC).