[12] Debates on whether a climatic deterioration occurred during that time began already in the late 19th century.
[15] The Homeric Minimum has been linked with a phase of climate change[16] known as the Homeric Climate Anomaly or Homeric Climate Oscillation,[7] during which western North America [17] and Europe became colder but whether it became drier or wetter is under debate;[18] the western parts and the North Atlantic may have become wetter[19] and the eastern parts of Europe drier.
[20] This climate oscillation has been called the "Homeric Climate Oscillation",[16] "850 BC event"[21] or the "2.8 kyr event",[22][23] and it has been associated with the Iron Age Cold Epoch,[24] the decline of the Urartu kingdom in Armenia[25] and a cultural interruption in Ireland although its effect there is still debated.
[33] Increased activity of the polar lights at the end of the Homeric Minimum may have inspired Ezekiel's vision of God in the Old Testament.
[34]a stormy wind ... out of the north ... with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth ... as it were gleaming metal ... an expanse, shining like awe-inspiring crystal.A variety of phenomena have been linked to the Homeric Minimum: