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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... 1500 and 2000 ( after Agnew 2001 ) ; ( b ) some of the cities and archaeological sites mentioned in this book where earthquakes had a major impact on society . له B A Apocalypse EARTHQUAKES , ARCHAEOLOGY , AND THE WRATH OF GOD.
... societies . Using archeological evidence for the catastrophic , physical col- lapse of buildings , entire cities , or geographical regions to infer that earthquakes were responsible for the devastation is actually a simple idea but one ...
... society , one must prove not only that it hap- pened , but exactly how it 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 ...
... society and the risk of future earthquakes . The partnership , however , is an uneasy one , largely because the archaeology community distrusts catastrophism in general and earthquakes in particular as a cata- strophic agent . When a ...
... societies , and could , given the right concatenation of factors , lead to catastrophic changes in a region . Of particular interest are sequences of several large earthquakes that occur closely ... society . Although it Introduction 9.
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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 |