Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations

Recurrent Shakeups, Tenacity, Resilience, and Change

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations: Recurrent Shakeups, Tenacity, Resilience, and Change observes a remarkable spatial correspondence of zones of active tectonism (i.e. plate boundaries in the earth’s crust) with the most complex cultures of antiquity (“great ancient civilizations”), and continues to explore the meaning of this relationship from a number of independent angles. Due to resulting site damage, this distribution is counter-intuitive. Nevertheless, systematic differences between “tectonic” and “quiescent” cultures show that tectonic activity corresponded in antiquity with more cultural dynamism. Data of several independent types support direct cultural influence of tectonism, including vignettes of the impact of tectonism in specific ancient cultures. An expectation of change seems to be a feature such tectonic cultures shared, and led to an acceleration of development. These dynamics continue though much obscured in the present day.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-03-24
Mått:149 x 230 x 16 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498514293

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Eric R. Force is adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and a practicing geologist with field research spanning fifteen countries.

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Force posits that they [quakes] may have rocked the cradles of past civilizations. . . .[The author] pursues [his thesis] tenaciously and with considerable skill. . . .Force’s speculation remains an intriguing possibility.

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List of Figures, Images, and TablesPrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionPart I: “The Great Ancient Civilizations”Chapter 2 Tectonic Footprints in the Ancient Hellenic WorldChapter 3 A Volcanic Connection in Iron-Age Italy: The Etruscans and RomansChapter 4 Ancient Tectonism in SW Asia, Impact on Judeo-Christian Traditions, and General Considerations on Religious InfluencesChapter 5 Filling in the Picture: Remaining GAC’s and a Qualitative OverviewPart II: Analysis and Separate Lines of InquiryChapter 6 Quantification of the Spatial Relation via Probability AnalysisChapter 7 Transects: Comparing Complexities of Ancient Cultures at a Continental ScaleChapter 8 A Tendency toward Stasis in Tectonically Quiescent Ancient CivilizationsChapter 9 Tectonic Context of Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Western Hemisphere—an Independent “Experiment”Chapter 10 Revelations from Some GAC SubsetsChapter 11 Tectonics and Trade Route Propagation in AntiquityPart III: Variations with TimeChapter 12 Tectonic Environments of Complex Cultures just before and after the Period of Classical AntiquityChapter 13 Cultural Roles of Tectonism in the Modern WorldPart IV: Possible Forms of a SolutionChapter 14 Direct Influences of Active Tectonics on Cultural Development in Antiquity: A Summary of Five Lines of EvidenceChapter 15 Possible Indirect Links between Ancient Civilizations and Active TectonismChapter 16 An Adjunct Direct Factor: Unusual Springs along Active FaultsChapter 17 Tectonics and Ancient Civilizations: Summary and SurmisesPostscript: Some Implications from the Bare FactsAppendicesReferencesAbout the Author