摘要：

世界不同地区的古代文明在其发展过程中大多经历过衰落，其原因一直是人们关注的焦点。近几十年来，随着测年精度的提高、全新世较高分辨率气候变化研究的进展、古代文明衰落时间的相对精确考证以及对全新世气侯突变现象认识的不断深入，气候突变在古代文明衰落过程中的作用越来越受到学术界的重视。介绍了目前古代文明衰落的气候因素作用研究的进展，包括人们对气候突变、全新世气候变化以及气候突变在文明衰落中的作用的认识。深入了解气候突变与古代文明衰落之间的关系，不仅有助于理解这些古代文明衰落的原因，而且也将为人类对未来气候突变的适应提供有益的借鉴。
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关键词: 气候突变, 古文明衰落, 晚全新世

Abstract:

 The ancient civilization in different areas of the world has experienced decline in the course of their development， and the reasons have always been the focuses of attention. In recent decades， more attention has been paid to the influence of abrupt climate changes in ancient civilization declining due to the improvement of dating technology and the advances in researches of the Holocene climate change， the relatively more accurate declining time of ancient civilization. The current research progress of the relationships between climate change and ancient civilization declining， including the abrupt climate change， the Holocene climate change and the role of abrupt climate change in civilization declining，are introduced. The thorough understanding of such relationships will not only benefit to understanding of the reasons of ancient civilization declinig， but also provide useful references for humans adaptation to climate changes in the future.

Key words: abrupt climate change, ancient civilization declining, Late Holocene