How Weather Helped Us Read Ancient History

Weather can tell us stories about the past. Imagine you're playing in a river, and suddenly it gets really big, that’s a flood! Long ago, people noticed when rivers changed or storms hit. They wrote those things down, so now we can see how weather helped them remember important events from long ago.

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  1. A big flood helped farmers know when to plant their seeds
  2. A dry year made people write about scarce water
  3. A storm destroyed a city that was later rebuilt

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