Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations

Eric R. Force is adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and a practicing geologist with field research spanning fifteen countries.

List of Figures, Images, and Tables
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part I: “The Great Ancient Civilizations”
Chapter 2 Tectonic Footprints in the Ancient Hellenic World
Chapter 3 A Volcanic Connection in Iron-Age Italy: The Etruscans and Romans
Chapter 4 Ancient Tectonism in SW Asia, Impact on Judeo-Christian Traditions, and General Considerations on Religious Influences
Chapter 5 Filling in the Picture: Remaining GAC’s and a Qualitative Overview
Part II: Analysis and Separate Lines of Inquiry
Chapter 6 Quantification of the Spatial Relation via Probability Analysis
Chapter 7 Transects: Comparing Complexities of Ancient Cultures at a Continental Scale
Chapter 8 A Tendency toward Stasis in Tectonically Quiescent Ancient Civilizations
Chapter 9 Tectonic Context of Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Western Hemisphere—an Independent “Experiment”
Chapter 10 Revelations from Some GAC Subsets
Chapter 11 Tectonics and Trade Route Propagation in Antiquity
Part III: Variations with Time
Chapter 12 Tectonic Environments of Complex Cultures just before and after the Period of Classical Antiquity
Chapter 13 Cultural Roles of Tectonism in the Modern World
Part IV: Possible Forms of a Solution
Chapter 14 Direct Influences of Active Tectonics on Cultural Development in Antiquity: A Summary of Five Lines of Evidence
Chapter 15 Possible Indirect Links between Ancient Civilizations and Active Tectonism
Chapter 16 An Adjunct Direct Factor: Unusual Springs along Active Faults
Chapter 17 Tectonics and Ancient Civilizations: Summary and Surmises
Postscript: Some Implications from the Bare Facts
Appendices
References
About the Author