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floods, fires, blizzards, locust which could take out crops in a short amount of time, plagues, and bandits.
blimp jk it was a time in the Western US of droughts with no water and people were very poor because the farmers ran off of crops but there was a drought so all the crops died therefore no money for farmers(aka everyone)
Used their faith as a unifying force to bring Turks and Persian together<span>
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