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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... great debt to Professor Nicholas Ambraseys ( Imperial College , London ) . His prolific work is an amazing ac- complishment , compiling and evaluating some twenty - five hundred years of textual references to past earthquakes and some of.
... hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. The same region has also witnessed, over this vast period, ongoing human settlement and development, and the emergence of great civilizations that created massive structures, including ...
... hundreds of thousands or even millions of years . The same region has also witnessed , over this vast period , ongoing human settlement and development , and the emergence of great civilizations that created massive structures ...
... hundreds of thousands of tourists every year , but the story of how the ruins reached their present state is not always carefully examined . De- termining the real story behind the ruins has become even more difficult , as many sites ...
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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 |