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I was thinking
about dry farming. That is to say mainly,
uh, wheat and barley. [narrator] Dry farming relies
on natural rainfall to water crops. And both wheat and
barley can survive with little or no irrigation. So it seems the
Egyptians in charge here were increasing the
production of these grains in order to try to
cope with the crisis. And there was something
else interesting about the cattle. And there was something
else interesting about the cattle. [Israel] We carried
out ancient DNA study, and we noticed that
there is something peculiar
about dry farming. That is to say mainly,
uh, wheat and barley. [narrator] Dry farming relies
on natural rainfall to water crops. And both wheat and
barley can survive with little or no irrigation. So it seems the
Egyptians in charge here were increasing the
production of these grains in order to try to
cope with the crisis. And there was something
else interesting about the cattle. And there was something
else interesting about the cattle. [Israel] We carried
out ancient DNA study, and we noticed that
there is something peculiar
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I was thinking
about dry farming.
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That is to say mainly,
uh, wheat and barley.
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[narrator] Dry farming relies
on natural rainfall to water crops.
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And both wheat and
barley can survive
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with little or no irrigation.
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So it seems the
Egyptians in charge here
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were increasing the
production of these grains
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in order to try to
cope with the crisis.
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And there was something
else interesting about the cattle.
00:00:30.413 --> 00:00:31.009
And there was something
else interesting about the cattle.
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[Israel] We carried
out ancient DNA study,
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and we noticed that
there is something peculiar.
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Movie Summary
This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end...