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Hardcover Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization Book

ISBN: 0500518599

ISBN13: 9780500518595

Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization

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Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world's largest cities - as many as sixty - lie in areas of major seismic activity. Many, such as Lisbon, Naples, San Francisco, Teheran, and Tokyo, have been severely damaged or destroyed by earthquakes in the past. But throughout history,...

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