LEADER 03178nam 2200493 450 001 9910797427203321 005 20230807221545.0 010 $a1-4985-1428-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000462994 035 $a(EBL)4086498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4086498 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000462994 100 $a20150806h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aImpact of tectonic activity on ancient civilizations $erecurrent shakeups, tenacity, resilience, and change /$fEric R. Force 210 1$aLanham, MD :$cLexington Books,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4985-1429-4 311 $a1-4985-1427-8 327 $aContents; 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: Transects 327 $aChapter 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 Solution 327 $aChapter 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 Page 330 $aImpact 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. 606 $aPaleoseismology 606 $aCivilization, Ancient 606 $aHuman geography 615 0$aPaleoseismology. 615 0$aCivilization, Ancient. 615 0$aHuman geography. 676 $a551.22 700 $aForce$b Eric R.$01212693 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797427203321 996 $aImpact of tectonic activity on ancient civilizations$93802686 997 $aUNINA