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Some blame the collapse on the [[Piora Oscillation]], which was characterized by [[Climate change|decreased temperatures and increased rainfall]]<ref name=":0">Lamb, p. 128.</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Radner |first=Karen |title=The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume I: From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad |last2=Moeller |first2=Nadine |last3=Potts |first3=D.T. |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780197521014 |pages=163}}</ref>.Others blame it on the intrusion of [[Kish civilization|East Semitic tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9F9NAaBquMC&pg=PA120|title= Approaching Chaos: Could an Ancient Archetype Save C21st Civilization?|author=Lucy Wyatt|page= 120|isbn= 9781846942556|date= 2010-01-16|publisher= John Hunt}}</ref>
Regardless, Uruk's legacy was preserved through the development of [[cuneiform]], which improved on Uruk writing systems, and the popularization of myths such as the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]]<ref name=":1" /> and the [[Genesis flood narrative|Great Flood]].
==See also==
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