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050 00 $aQC981.8.C5$bK45 1999
082 00 $a551.6/09/02$221
100 1 $aKeys, David.
245 14 $aCatastrophe :$ban investigation into the origins of the modern world /$cDavid Keys.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBallantine Books,$cc1999.
300 $axviii, 343 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gPt. 1.$tThe Plague -- $g1.$tThe Winepress of the Wrath of God -- $g2.$tThe Origins of the Plague -- $gPt. 2.$tThe Barbarian Tide -- $g3.$tDisaster on the Steppes -- $g4.$tThe Avar Dimension -- $gPt. 3.$tDestablizing the Empire -- $g5.$tRevolution -- $g6.$t"The Cup of Bitterness" -- $g7.$tChanging the Empire: The Cumulative Impact of the Plague and the Avars -- $gPt. 4.$tThe Sword of Islam -- $g8.$tThe Origins of Islam -- $g9.$tIslamic Conquests -- $g10.$tBehind the Roman Collapse -- $gPt. 5.$tThe Turkic Dimension -- $g11.$tThe Turkish Time Bomb -- $g12.$tThe Jewish Empire -- $gPt. 6.$tWestern Europe -- $g13.$tDisaster in Britain -- $g14.$tThe Waste Land -- $g15.$tThe Birth of England -- $g16.$tIrish Conception -- $g17.$tFrench Genesis -- $g18.$tThe Making of Spain -- $gPt. 7.$tDisaster in the Orient -- $g19.$tChinese Catastrophe -- $g20.$tThe Rebirth of Unity -- $g21.$tKorean Dawn -- $g22.$t"Ten Thousand Strings of Cash Cannot Cure Hunger" -- $gPt. 8.$tChanging the Americas -- $g23.$tCollapse of the Pyramid Empire -- $g24.$tThe Darts of Venus -- $g25.$tNorth American Mystery -- $g26.$tFrom Art to Oblivion -- $g27.$tThe Mud of Hades -- $g28.$tBirth of an Empire -- $g29.$tGlory at the Heart of the Cosmos -- $gPt. 9.$tThe Reasons why -- $g30.$tIn Search of a Culprit -- $g31.$tThe Big Bang -- $g32.$tReconstructing the Eruption -- $g33.$tThe Endgame -- $gPt. 10.$tThe Future -- $g34.$tBeyond Tomorrow.
520 1 $a"In this book, archaeological journalist David Keys reconstructs the global chain of revolutions that began in the catastrophe of A.D. 535, then offers a definitive explanation of how and why this cataclysm occurred on that momentous day centuries ago." "The Roman Empire, the greatest power in Europe and the Middle East for centuries, lost half its territory in the century following the catastrophe. Meanwhile, as restless tribes swept down from the central Asian steppes, a new religion known as Islam spread through the Middle East. As Keys demonstrates these were not isolated upheavals but linked events arising from the same cause and rippling around the world like an enormous tidal wave." "Keys's narrative circles the globe as he identifies the eerie fallout from the months of darkness: unprecedented drought in Central America, a strange yellow dust drifting like snow over eastern Asia, prolonged famine, and the hideous pandemic of the bubonic plague."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$xHistory.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on$xHistory.
650 0 $aNatural disasters$xHistory.
650 0 $aWeather$xEffect of volcanic eruptions on.
650 0 $aAsteroids$xCollisions with Earth.
852 00 $bglg$hQC981.8.C5$iK45 1999