From Dr. Brita Lorentzen and colleagues, "Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198–1196 BC," addresses the potential of climate change to alter human history and has been featured in several news articles. Tree-ring analysis is correlated with stable isotope data and historical texts to identify an unusual multi-year period of drought from around 1198 to 1196 bc associated with the collapse of the Hittite Empire. View towards Bogazoy/Hattusha: photo by Benjamin Anderson Lion Gate Bogazoy/Hattusha: photo by Benjamin Anderson Gordion juniper tree rings: photo by Brita Lorentzen