Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization
Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization – Review
Very remarkable book that sheds some light over a very unknown era of our history. The author’s ability to correlate episodes generally considered independent makes his theory extremely convincing. The book can almost be widely read as a mystery novel in which the author goes to point out the culprit for the 6th century catastrophe. If you, just like me, used to see World History politically subdivided into separate packages like Eastern History, Western History, pre-Columbian American history and so forth you will be surprised to learn that a international climate disruption took distress to civilizations as diverse as the Teotihuacan, the great Mexican pyramid builders, King Arthur’s early England and the incipient Korean and Japanese civilizations. For me the greatest chapters were the ones about the pre-Columbian American civilizations and the final ones in which the culprit is finally unmasked. The down side might be the disproportionate quantity of evidence. If it on one side finishes to build a solid foundation for the author’s hypothesis it also makes the book a little mostly bit boring sometimes. There’s also what I think to be an unnecessarily detailed depiction of the violence that initially seemed to be public place during those days. The book also shows how we are right now vulnerable to climate disruptions. Comets, asteroids and nuclear war are not the only probable sources of mass destruction and climate changes. Big volcanic eruptions appear to be a more possible threat. This book is great for Generation X’ers that were a little mostly bit bored after the non incident lead of the third millennium. Leonardo Alves November 2000