Earthquakes in human history : the far-reaching effects of seismic disruptions / Jelle Zeilinga de B...
Earthquakes in human history : the far-reaching effects of seismic disruptions / Jelle Zeilinga de B...
Earthquakes in human history : the far-reaching effects of seismic disruptions / Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2005.
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N363.3495/11
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English
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xiv, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Earthquakes : origins and consequences -- 2. In the Holy Land : earthquakes and the hand of God -- 3. The decline of ancient Sparta : a tale of Hoplites, Helots, and a quaking earth -- 4. Earthquakes in England : echoes in religion and literature -- 5. The great Lisbon earthquake and the axiom "w...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2005.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2005.
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"Earthquakes in Human History tells the story of that calamity and other epic earthquakes. The authors explain the geological processes responsible for earthquakes, and they describe how these events have had long-lasting aftereffects on human societies and cultures. Their accounts are enlivened with quotations from contemporary literature and from...
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Earthquakes in human history : the far-reaching effects of seismic disruptions / Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index.
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c2005.
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N363.3495/11
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0691050708 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780691050706 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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363.349509
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991019456989702626
