Question: Assess the role played by the Thera eruption in the downfall of Minoan Crete.
Answer: The Theran eruption was the sole determinant of Minoan Crete’s downfall; a theory receiving relentless support from scholars such as Pellegrino and Doumas. The sheer destructive force of the volcanic explosion, comparable to well-documented modern day examples such as St Helens, produced a series of pyroclastic flows which obliterated all possibilities of Minoan life during that time....(short extract)
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- Subject: Archeology
- Course: Archeology
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: Not available
- Words: 1231
- Date submitted: March 02, 2009
- Date written: Not available
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- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 872
