Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of GodPrinceton University Press, 14 wrz 2021 - 328 What if Troy was not destroyed in the epic battle immortalized by Homer? What if many legendary cities of the ancient world did not meet their ends through war and conquest as archaeologists and historians believe, but in fact were laid waste by a force of nature so catastrophic that religions and legends describe it as the wrath of god? Apocalypse brings the latest scientific evidence to bear on biblical accounts, mythology, and the archaeological record to explore how ancient and modern earthquakes have shaped history--and, for some civilizations, seemingly heralded the end of the world. |
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... happened. This idea is an example of “catastrophism,” the sudden, typically unpredicted natural disaster that leads to abrupt changes in a culture or lifestyle that has been stable for a long time. Following such catastrophes, an ...
... happened and compare it to that of other alternatives (equally unprovable but even less likely). This reasoning is especially useful for guiding future exploration of sites and for preparing historians, earth scientists, and ...
... happened . This idea is an example of " catastrophism , " the sudden , typi- cally unpredicted natural disaster that leads to abrupt changes in a culture or lifestyle that has been stable for a long time . Following such catastrophes ...
... happened . Without proof , he claims , such a hypothesis is no more than a Veliskovskyian - style science fiction presented in the guise of science . I believe it is partly as a re- sult of this attitude that some scholars simply ignore ...
... happened and compare it to that of other alternatives ( equally unprovable but even less likely ) . This reasoning is especially useful for guiding future exploration of sites and for preparing historians , earth scientists , and archae ...
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How Earthquakes Happen | 33 |
History Myth and the Reliability of the Written Record | 66 |
Clues to Earthquakes in the Archaeological Record | 89 |
Under the Rubble Human Casualties of Earthquakes | 142 |
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Destruction That Preserves | 163 |
Expanding the Earthquake Record in the Holy Land | 187 |
Earthquake Storms and the Catastrophic End of the Bronze Age | 225 |
Rumblings and Revolutions Political Effects of Earthquakes | 247 |
Earthquakes and Societal Collapse | 273 |
Glossary | 280 |
References | 290 |
Index | 306 |
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Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God Amos Nur,Dawn Burgess Ograniczony podgląd - 2008 |