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Feb 1, 2000 · Catastrophe is one of the best of these. Archaeological writer David Keys has assembled multiple arguments supporting his theory that a major natural disaster around the year 535 altered the world's climate for years, causing famine and plague and triggering the collapse of existing political systems.
Dec 20, 2012 · David Keys. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Climatic changes -- History, Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- History, Natural disasters -- History, Weather -- Effect of volcanic eruptions on, Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth. Publisher. Ballantine Pub. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive.
6th Century catastrophe theory. Keys' book Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World (2000) theorizes that a natural disaster caused changes during the 6th and 7th centuries in the whole world, including Christian territories, that contributed to the end of ancient civilization and initiated what is now known as the ...
The answer, at once surprising and definitive, holds chilling implications for our own precarious geopolitical future. Wide-ranging in its scholarship, written with flair and passion, filled with original insights, Catastrophe is a superb synthesis of history, science, and cultural interpretation.
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Oct 2, 2000 · In this fascinating, groundbreaking, totally accessible book, archaeological journalist David Keys dramatically reconstructs the global chain of revolutions that began in the catastrophe of...
by David Keys (Author) 4.5 147 ratings. See all formats and editions. It was a catastrophe without precedent in recorded history: for months on end, starting in A.D. 535, a strange, dusky haze robbed much of the earth of normal sunlight. Crops failed in Asia and the Middle East as global weather patterns radically altered.
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