03178nam 2200493 450 991079742720332120230807221545.01-4985-1428-6(CKB)3710000000462994(EBL)4086498(MiAaPQ)EBC4086498(EXLCZ)99371000000046299420150806h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierImpact of tectonic activity on ancient civilizations recurrent shakeups, tenacity, resilience, and change /Eric R. ForceLanham, MD :Lexington Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-1429-4 1-4985-1427-8 Contents; List of Figures, Images, Tables, and Lists; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Part I: "The Great Ancient Civilizations"; Chapter Two: Tectonic Footprints in the Ancient Hellenic World; Chapter Three: A Volcanic Connection in Iron-Age Italy; Chapter Four: Ancient Tectonism in SW Asia, Impact on Judeo-Christian Traditions, and General Considerations on Religious Influences; Chapter Five: Filling in the Picture; Part II: Analysis and Separate Lines of Inquiry; Chapter Six: Quantification of the Spatial Relationship via Probability Analysis; Chapter Seven: TransectsChapter Eight: A Tendency toward Stasis in Tectonically Quiescent Ancient CivilizationsChapter Nine: Tectonic Context of Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Western Hemisphere; Chapter Ten: Revelations from Some GAC Subsets; Chapter Eleven: Tectonics and Trade Routes in Antiquity; Part III: Variations with Time; Chapter Twelve: Tectonic Environments of Complex Cultures Just before and after the Period of Classical Antiquity; Chapter Thirteen: Cultural Roles of Tectonism in the Modern World; Part IV: Possible Forms of a SolutionChapter Fourteen: Direct Influences of Active Tectonics on Cultural Development in AntiquityChapter Fifteen: Possible Indirect Links between Ancient Civilizations and Active Tectonism; Chapter Sixteen: An Adjunct Direct Factor; Chapter Seventeen: Tectonics and Ancient Civilizations; Postscript; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Glossary; Index; About the Author; Blank PageImpact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations draws from various fields such as tectonics (geology), classics, history, archaeology, and anthropology to support this notion. Its scope is worldwide, though it focuses on the eastern hemisphere, where the evidence is voluminous.PaleoseismologyCivilization, AncientHuman geographyPaleoseismology.Civilization, Ancient.Human geography.551.22Force Eric R.1212693MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797427203321Impact of tectonic activity on ancient civilizations3802686UNINA