Most of our data comes from referenced scientific literature, although some of the studies, such as of the Mesopotamian delta, and certain sea level interpretations, are the author's. A summary graph of events around 3200 BC will be found here . Dry glacial climate in Near East, including Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Monsoons are far to the south.
Homo erectus and Neanderthal. The sea level, which has remained some 350 feet below its present level for 100,000 years, begins to rise at a rate of ten feet a century. Again, warm conditions returned and the sea rose again, now at about 50 feet below present level. Mid-Holocene flooding of Baltic Sea. The desert now supports game allowing hunting and herding or nomadic pastoralism.