After four centuries of urban life, this abrupt climatic change evidently caused abandonment of Tell Leilan, regional desertion, and collapse of the Akkadian empire based in southern Mesopotamia.

Synchronous collapse in adjacent regions suggests that the impact of the abrupt climatic change was extensive .".

* Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon involving the abrupt disappearance of the worker bees in a beehive or Western honey bee colony

This period of economic stability and prosperity was brought to an abrupt halt with the collapse of Yousef Beidas ' Intra Bank, the country's largest bank and financial backbone, in 1966.

On January 7, 1990, after over two decades of stabilisation studies, and spurred by the abrupt collapse of the Civic Tower of Pavia in 1989, the tower was closed to the public.

Its abandonment, or perhaps its destruction " by zealous Christians ", was so abrupt that much of its cult paraphernalia survived virtually intact beneath the building's later collapse.

However, when the Great Depression hit in late 1929 it caused the timber and turpentine industries to collapse and brought an abrupt end to Hornbeck ’ s prosperity.

Atlantic cod stocks were severely overfished in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to their abrupt collapse in 1992

If the onset is abrupt, collapse, shock and vomiting may occur.

The project came to abrupt end in 1974 when, after it was announced that Gulf Oil Corporation was contemplating investing more than $ 300 million to build a resort on the island, the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier ( known as " Baby Doc "), summarily expropriated the project, resulting in its collapse.

In Turkey's 2004 local elections, Dr. Osman Gürün ( CHP ) was re-elected, increasing his votes to 43, 28 %, aided in this by the abrupt virtual collapse of the other center-left party the DSP.

In 1926, Belgium, as well as France, experienced depreciation and an abrupt collapse of confidence, leading to the introduction of a new gold currency for international transactions, the belga worth 5 francs, and the country's withdrawal from the monetary union, which ceased to exist at the end of the year.

By the end of the decade, however, the Daddies ' mainstream popularity declined with that of the swing revival's, and the resulting commercial failure of their ska-flavored follow-up Soul Caddy led to an abrupt hiatus in 2000.

This part of his career came to an abrupt end when commercial broadcasting from the continent was brought to a halt by World War II.

In an effort to control her own destiny, rather than be controlled by country radio, Loveless made an abrupt move away from commercial, country / pop and made a stone-cold bluegrass album in 2001.

Jungle Habitat wanted to expand and become a huge amusement park, but residents concerned with excessive traffic voted this proposal down in 1976, which resulted in an abrupt closing and exit.

Most boat traffic came to an abrupt end only a few years later when Lake Washington was lowered in 1917.

Congestion simulations and real-time observations have shown that in heavy but free flowing traffic, jams can arise spontaneously, triggered by minor events (" butterfly effects "), such as an abrupt steering maneuver by a single motorist.

Some other major yet mostly overlooked reasons are total absence of rapid transit system, total absence of integrated urban planning for over thirty years, holes / pits / ditches on the roads eaten up by stagnant water due to absence of drainage system, the tendency of the drivers halt or park vehicles anywhere and everywhere, dilatory driving of vehicles to collect abrupt passengers, disorderly driving on roads, insufficient roads, total lack of alternative routes, mostly narrow and one-way roads, and, tendency of breaking traffic signals.

The airline moved their hub to Denver International Airport in late 1996, which caused an abrupt decline in passenger traffic.

That traffic came to an abrupt end in 1838 when the London to Birmingham Railway ( now the West Coast Main Line ) was opened at Wolverton – ironically, just three years after the bridge over the Ouse had been rebuilt.

A station was provided but the opening of the line on November 12, 1849, brought an abrupt end to the already declining trade in coaching traffic.

After more than 1000 episodes, the series came to an abrupt end when Thames Television lost its ITV franchise at the end of 1992.

The Ultramontanist movement after Italian Unification and the abrupt ( and unofficial ) end of the First Vatican Council in 1870 ( due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War ), and the opposing Conciliarism, became obsolete to a large extent.

Earth has gone through periods of abrupt and catastrophic change, some due to the impact of large asteroids and comets on the planet.

Evidence from coin hoards and stones which covered them and those also blocking the well suggest a fairly abrupt end around 388, perhaps due to events linked to anti-Pagan edicts of Theodosius I.

Catatonia due to abrupt or too rapid withdrawal from benzodiazepines, as part of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome, should also respond to lorazepam treatment.

In May 2011, when Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan requested Chubu Electric Power Company to shut down several of its Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plants due to safety concerns, the Yomiuri responded with criticism, calling the move " abrupt " and a difficult situation for Chubu Electric's shareholders.

The Sopranos finale caused millions of viewers to temporarily believe they had lost cable service due to an abrupt blackout finale ; the final scene left open the fate of Tony Soprano ( series creator David Chase had wanted the cut to black to last for several minutes and take the place of post-show credits, so that the first thing the audience would see was an HBO notice, but the network refused this and there was a very short jump from the final shot to the credits ).

Because of technical difficulties, possibly due to the hologram, the first concert was delayed for over two hours and later came to an abrupt end when drummer Yoshiki collapsed eight songs into the performance.

Although located near the Caribbean Sea, Caracas is on a plateau at an approximate height of, so its weather can vary greatly due to the abrupt changes in altitude.

Many of these defections were due to Strang's seemingly abrupt " about-face " on the turbulent subject of polygamy.

However, the game was brought to an abrupt end at 3. 06pm due to the unfolding disaster.

When the 1939 – 40 season came to an abrupt end, due to the outbreak of the Second World War, Scunthorpe & Lindsey finished as runners-up in the second emergency competition, losing 3 – 2 to in an unofficial play-off game.

This abrupt rise has been due mainly to the facilities of good transportation system.

* Ballooning: Prolonged operation under excessive loading, very abrupt application of load, or operating a torque converter at very high RPM may cause the shape of the converter's housing to be physically distorted due to internal pressure and / or the stress imposed by inertia ( centrifugal force ).

His resignation from the premiership and politics in 1979 was abrupt after collapsing due to ill health, however he would live for another 20 years, remaining a vocal and outspoken campaigner for progressive social policy.

Most defections, however, were due to Strang's seemingly abrupt " about-face " on the turbulent subject of polygamy.

Some also found the steering too light and or abrupt, and the turning circle too wide due to its elongated wheelbase.

The transition describes an abrupt change in the ground state of a many-body system due to its quantum fluctuations.

Afterward, the three legends celebrated in the ring and shared a laugh, brought on by the Honky Tonk Man's celebratory dance, which came to an abrupt halt due to his slipping on Goldust's wig.

During his term, the economy of Argentina reached a peak performance, which would come to an abrupt halt due to the Great Depression shortly after his mandate ended.

" ( John Grainger's abrupt series exit, due to Charles Bickford's sudden death on November 9, 1967, was never properly explained onscreen.

That situation, however, came to an abrupt end after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, when most players were forced to emigrate to Greece due to the population exchanges.

These reports looked at the timing of abrupt uplift and subsidence around Restoration Point and Alki Point ( distant right side of picture ), tsunami deposits on Puget Sound, turbidity in lake paleosediments, rock avalanches, and multiple landslides around Lake Washington, and determined that all these happened about 1100 years ago ( between A. D. 900 – 930 ), and most likely due to an earthquake of magnitude 7 or greater on the Seattle Fault.

* The 2009-2010 academic year also saw the college's basketball season come to an abrupt end due to " injuries " after the first game of the season.