The Ancient Hittites Were Apparently Also Screwing With The Climate
I was watching a History Channel story on the Trojan War, the famous wooden horse and Homer, the epic poet not cartoon sitcom star.
As Leonard Nimoy narrated concerning the discovery of the ruins of Troy in what is modern day Turkey he mentioned that the ancient city was described by Homer as a brisk walk from the Dardanelles (the waterway which connects the Mediterranean to the Black Sea). The ruins are now approximately six miles from the waterway explained, according to Mr. Spock and the Histroy Channel, by the fact that the sea level has dropped precipitiously over the last 3000 years.
Since I doubt the ancient Thracian or Hittite populations had influenced the climate so as to cause the waters of the Mediterranean to recede, why are we so certain that the activities of the current populations are causing it to rise?