Comets And Disaster In The Bronze Age

British Archaeology ^ | December 1997 | Benny Peiser

[blam]

"Problem is, the Sumerians, Akkadians and Chaldeans who inhabited that area for 2000 years were not arabs. The arabs were later inhabitants who came after Muhammed set them on the march of conquest.

This Guy thinks the Sumerians may have come from South East Asia. He makes a pretty good case in his excellent book too. Wise Men From The East?

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. Good thread. I especially like the photo of (a few of) the Carolina Bays.

[needlenose_neely]

Sumerians were Semites. I think he is off base.
They are closer related to the Assyrians, Babylonians and other Chaldean groups, as well as those of the lower steppes above the Caspian sea.

[blam]

"I think he is off base."

He may be...pretty smart guy though.

[ApplegateRanch]

...and it was rich in hydrocarbons, resulting in a 40 year rain of manna.

Right, Dr. Velikovsky.

[D-fendr]

“God does not play dice”

This is more like marbles.

[SunkenCiv]

previously quoted here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1607979/posts?page=13#13

got the link here:
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a39b91ca42b27.htm#100

But better to have its own topic!

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[MrNeutron1962]

“God does not play dice” (or some words to that effect) Albert Einstein "Albert, stop telling God what to do", Neils Bohr

[Renfield]

“Where are they?”

I attended a lecture by a French scientist (whose name, unfortunately, escapes me at the moment) this past summer at the World Congress of Soil Scientists, who, by use of soil micromorphological techniques, identified the site of one of these impacts. It’s right along the seashore on the northern coast of Africa. She found shocked quartz from the impact in an arc ranging from Spain to Iraq. This was the impact, or one of the impacts, responsible for the ~2300BC catastrophe.

There is also a large, geologically recent crater in Iraq. Its discovery generated quite some interest here on FR a couple of years ago.....Blam or SunkenCiv can probably provide you with a link to pics.

[Renfield]

“..Carolina Bays. There are 500,000 of these along the US east coast....”

Remember, these are deflation basins, not impact sites.

[Renfield]

“..Carolina Bays. There are 500,000 of these along the US east coast....”

Remember, these are deflation basins, not impact sites.

[blam]

"Remember, these are deflation basins, not impact sites."

Because of your input in the past, I didn't call them impact sites.

[bannie]

Fro the period in which the Dorians seemed to whop the Aaechans, there is evidence that “they burned everything.” Hmmmmmmm....Maybe the Dorians didn’t do the burning?

[true_blue_texican]

And not one mention of Velikovsky or his 1950 book Worlds in Collision.

[Kozak]

There is evidence that a catastrophic event, a massive volcanic eruption or impact event put a dagger in the heart of Rome...

"Around the middle of the sixth century there was a dramatic climate shift; John of Ephesus, another sixth century historian, described it, “the sun became dark and its darkness lasted for 18 months. Each day, it shone for about four hours, and still this light was only a feeble shadow” (Keys 1999). Procopius also described the incident which took place in 535 and 536 C.E., writing “the sun gave forth its light without brightness like the moon during the whole year” (Keys 1999). Tree ring analysis shows an extended period of cold indicated by extremely narrow growth rings between 536 and 545. The narrow growth rings correspond to a decreased growth rate that would be expected with a global temperature decrease of approximately 3 °C (Rigby et al 2004). This mini nuclear winter is believed to have been caused by a comet hitting the earth (Rigby et al 2004) or the eruption of a massive volcano, possibly Krakatoa (Keys 1999). This cold period was accompanied by wetter than usual weather in several parts of Eurasia and was followed by drought (Keys 1999). This disruption of weather could have weakened the population through crop failures and famine, and made the people more susceptible to plague."

[Tallguy]

This disruption of weather could have weakened the population through crop failures and famine, and made the people more susceptible to plague."

Interesting.

[needlenose_neely]

Remember, these are deflation basins, not impact sites.

How do you explain the oval shape they all have and all are pointed in the same southeast to northwest configuration?