The Destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Jericho

Among the most widely known of stories relating the destruction of entire cities is the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah some 4350 years ago. These two cities, and Jericho as well, are situated along a major fault extending 1100 kilometres from the axis of the Red Sea to Turkey. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, variations by hundreds of metres of the level of the Dead Sea, and oscillations between arid and wet climates have affected the human settlements of the area for more than 10,000 years. In reviewing the geology, biblical paleogeography, and limnology of the region, this book will shed light on the tectonic and climatic changes of the past 6000 years and their control of cultural successions in the Middle East. The geologic study is the result of the author's collaborative research over many years; the receonstruction of human history is guided by the work of biblical archaeologists. While similar attempts to interpret the physical and geographic aspects of the story have been made during the past 2000 years, this latest contribution, unlike others, is based on solid scientific data

Archaeology · Geography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Marine and environmental studies

• Modern and late Quaternary clay mineral distribution in the area of the SE Mediterranean Sea

  Open Access•Yvonne Hamann, Werner Ehrmann et al.•Quaternary Research•2009

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• Climate deterioration in the Eastern Mediterranean as revealed by ion microprobe analysis of a speleothem that grew from 2.2 to 0.9 ka in Soreq Cave, Israel

  Open Access•Ian J Orland, Miryam Bar‐matthew et al.•Quaternary Research•2009

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• Exodus Dates and Theories

  Lawrence T Geraty•Quantitative Methods in the…•2015

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• A review of palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5000 years BP

  Open Access•Stuart A Robinson, Stuart Black et al.•Quaternary Science Reviews•2006

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• Holocene climate variability in the Levant from the Dead Sea pollen record

  Open Access•Thomas Litt, Christian Ohlwein et al.•Quaternary Science Reviews•2012

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• Vegetation and Climate Changes during the Bronze and Iron Ages (∼3600–600 BCE) in the Southern Levant Based on Palynological Records

  Open Access•Dafna Langgut, Israel Finkelstein et al.•Radiocarbon•2015

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• Dead Sea Levels during the Bronze and Iron Ages

  Open Access•Elisa Joy Kagan, Dafna Langgut et al.•Radiocarbon•2015

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• Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire

  Michael Mccormick, Ulf Büntgen et al.•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•2012

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• Decision Making at the Margins

  Open Access•J Brett Hill•Journal of Anthropological…•2000

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• Geochemistry of the Lisan and Damya Formations in Jordan, and implications for palaeoclimate

  Open Access•G Landmann, G M Abu Qudaira et al.•Quaternary International•2002

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