Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization
Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization – Review
David keys explores the dark ages and sees the organizations of our new world, which, he says, emerged from a tremendous volcanic eruption 1500 years ago. The last part of the book is on this calamity, thought to have blocked out sunlight and officially changed climate around the globe, creating ecological and common conditions that newly promoted major changes. The discussion of this volcanic event here is reasonably interesting. Keys besides gives a interesting description of how an asteroid impact would look to us earthlings. His thesis is plausable, but certainly not proven. After all, societal changes can take place for any figure of reasons. A writer in 3008 could just as easily point to the violent 20th century and ascribe everything to global warming. This book is a good widely read in any event, if just for the first half, where Keys includes the early history of England, France, Arabia, China and Japan. It is unlikely many can say they are too familiar with much that occurred then.