Catastrophe: An Investigation Into the Origins of the Modern World.(Review)

History Today | March 1, 2000| | Copyright

Catastrophe An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World

David Keys Century Books xvi + 368 16.99 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 7126 80691

VOLCANIC CATACLYSM, DROUGHTS, PANDEMICS, and warring armies attract popular audiences like moths, especially when accompanied by a television series. Catastrophe offers these and much more. David Keys' `investigation into the origins of the modern world' argues that climatic catastrophes in the sixth century AD changed the course of world history.

Keys' story of historical connections pinpoints the year AD ...

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