TY - BOOK AU - Nur,Amos AU - Burgess,Dawn TI - Apocalypse: earthquakes, archaeology, and the wrath of God SN - 069101602X : HRD AV - CC77.N36 N87 2008 U1 - 930.1 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Archaeology and natural disasters KW - Earthquakes KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Extinct cities KW - Civilization, Ancient KW - Social change KW - Human beings KW - Effect of environment on N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-304) and index; King Agamemnon's capital -- How earthquakes happen -- History, myth, and the reliability of the written record -- Clues to earthquakes in the archaeological record -- Under the rubble : human casualties of earthquakes -- Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls :destruction that preserves? -- Expanding the earthquake record in the Holy Land -- Earthquake storms and the catastrophic end of the Bronze Age -- Rumblings and revolutions : political effects of earthquakes -- Earthquakes and societal collapse -- Glossary ER -