During this time period, various groups of people around the world settled in caves for various reasons. Examples include the Byzantine monks in Cappadocia, Turkey, who created cave churches and monasteries; the Ancestral Puebloans in the American Southwest who built cliff dwellings in places like Mesa Verde; and the Berbers in North Africa who used caves for shelter and defense.
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