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| Bauer, Susan. 2007. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8 | Bauer, Susan. 2007. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8 | ||
| - | ==== Minoan Eruption, 1620s BCE ==== | + | ==== Minoan Eruption, mid1500s BCE ==== |
| Minoan eruption of Thera releases 24 cubic miles of debris and destroys the nearly circular caldera already present. Some speculate that this could have been the seed for the stories of Atlantis. Others speculate that this eruption triggered the plagues of Egypt as mentioned in the Bible. Exact dating remains questioned, and the VEI is estimated at 7. | Minoan eruption of Thera releases 24 cubic miles of debris and destroys the nearly circular caldera already present. Some speculate that this could have been the seed for the stories of Atlantis. Others speculate that this eruption triggered the plagues of Egypt as mentioned in the Bible. Exact dating remains questioned, and the VEI is estimated at 7. | ||
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption]] | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption]] | ||
| - | ==== Aniakchak Eruption, 1645 BCE ==== | + | ==== Aniakchak Eruption, 1628 BCE ==== |
| - | Mount Aniakchak is an Aleutian volcano in Alaska, which underwent a VEI 6 around the same time as the Minoan eruption, confusing ice cores trying to date the Greek island eruption. The current caldera last erupted in 1931. | + | Mount Aniakchak is an Aleutian volcano in Alaska, which underwent a VEI 6 around the same time as the Minoan eruption, confusing ice cores trying to date the Greek island eruption. The eruption was apparently a high-sulfur release which significantly cooled the planet. |
| - | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Aniakchak]] | + | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Aniakchak]]\\ |
| + | [[https://phys.org/news/2022-05-home-thera-volcano-eruption-date.html]]\\ | ||
| ==== Tel Kabri Earthquake, 1700 BCE ==== | ==== Tel Kabri Earthquake, 1700 BCE ==== | ||
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