I based my conclusion that Detroit "transacts business" in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania upon the ground that Detroit "delivered" a substantial amount of its product into this District. Detroit in its petition for reargument contends that, since all but one of the shipments of steel in question were F.O.B. Detroit's New Haven, Connecticut, mill or warehouse, "deliveries" to Detroit's customers in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania were made in New Haven where the steel was physically delivered to a common carrier. In effect Detroit is urging the Court to view the word "delivery" as it is used in the law of sales. However, the term "delivery" referred to in my previous opinion was not used in the same technical sense as it is used in the UniformEXPERT COMMENT: How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse

King Naram-Sin of Akkad, grandson of Sargon, leading his army to victory. (Rama / Louvre)

Dr Vasile Ersek, a senior lecturer in Physical Geography, writes for The Conversation about the discovery of new evidence of a drought that finished off the Akkadian Empire 4,000 years ago.

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over millennia and preserve in them clues about past climate events. Changes in stalagmite chemistry from this cave have now linked the collapse of the Akkadian Empire to climate changes more than 4,000 years ago.

Akkadia was the world’s first empire. It was