### p1010 climate change led to a need for herding economies > The Early and Middle Bronze Age were particularly dry in many areas of central and western Mongolia after 3000 BCE, which may have driven down wild game abundance and made pastoral subsistence more attractive. With comparatively higher rainfall and seasonally productive food and water sources at high altitude, the high mountainous regions of Mongolia would have been the most stable and viable regions for pastoral herding - particularly if mobility was comparatively limited by the lack of mounted horseback riding. This is good evidence for my ongoing rant about climate change & how fault is not the point and ignoring it is unwise- historically speaking, climate Change is something we do survive as a species but leads inevitably to massive social change & its only wise to prepare sensibly and minimize loss of life as much as possible. See also: Little ice Age causing famine in Europe. the Goths being pushed up against the Romans, and of course climate theory of Syrian war. - [i] Added to: [[climate change requires action regardless of cause]] - [[Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia#p1010 climate change led to a need for herding economies|View in Vault]]