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The volcanic island of Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea explodes catastrophically. The local civilization, a hybrid of Cycladic and Cretan origins, is destroyed. Earthquakes cause severe damage at Knossos on Crete.
In Meso-America, more-or-less-permanent village farming is supported by a domesticated mutant corn (maize) with husks and supplemented by beans, squashes, chili peppers, and cotton.
Aryan-speaking peoples migrate into India.
Peoples of the Wessex culture complete the final stage of construction at Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain in England.
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