Disaster and Human History
Human history is periodically punctuated by natural disasters, from Vesuvius'' eruption to the modern-day Covid-19 pandemic. Volcanoes have buried entire cities, earthquakes have reduced structures to smoldering ruins. Floods and cyclones have wreaked havoc on river valleys and coastlines, and desertification and climate change have weakened society''s underpinnings. Death tolls are often escal...
Human history is periodically punctuated by natural disasters, from Vesuvius'' eruption to the modern-day Covid-19 pandemic. Volcanoes have buried entire cities, earthquakes have reduced structures to smoldering ruins. Floods and cyclones have wreaked havoc on river valleys and coastlines, and desertification and climate change have weakened society''s underpinnings. Death tolls are often escal...
