ORGANIZATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE
The book organization is presented in this and the following two pages, divided into three categories: A] archeaological and geophysical evidence, B] astrophysical evidence, and C] mythology.
Chapters 1 and 2 are introductory chapters
Chapter 1 Prologue – The Story of an Investigation
Chapter 2 Introduction to the Geophysical and Archaeological Evidence
The geographical regions are organized in Chapters 3 through 13.
Chapter 3 Events in the Middle East– Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Iran and Arabia
Chapter 4 Events in Anatolia and Greece
Chapter 5 Events in Egypt
Chapter 6 Events in India and Central Asia
Chapter 7 Events in Europe
Chapter 8 Events in China and Japan
Chapter 9 Events in the Far East, Australia and New Zealand, and Islands in the Pacific Ocean
Chapter 10 Events on the African Continent
Chapter 11 Events in the Americas
Chapter 12 Events in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Chapter 13 Events in the Oceans
Chapters 14, 15 and 16 describe the geophysical phenomena that the Earth went through at 2300 BC to produce the preceding results.
Chapter 14 The Climatic Changes at 2300 BC and their Causal Source At 2300 BC, the Earth went through a general temperature drop, due to the triggering of the Arctic region into an ice-covered configuration. The temperature decrease in turn greatly affected atmospheric circulation, the monsoon regions and oceanic circulation – and consequent climatic conditions in all regions. The changes at this time were very unusual – 1) they were abrupt, 2) they were essentially simultaneous, and 3) they remained to the present.
Chapter 15 The Geological Transients at 2300 BC and their Causal Source The Arctic cooling resulted in glacial buildup at many locations with water taken out of the ocean areas for the glacial buildup. The changing differential loading on the land surfaces and ocean floors required adjustment of the thin surface crust of the Earth, resulting in crustal movement and earthquakes.
Chapter 16 The Geomagnetic Transients at 2300 BC and their Causal Source The redistribution of water near the equator to ice at high latitudes (due to glacial buildup from the colder environment) has been concluded to have altered the relative rotation rate of the Earth’s crust and mantle sufficiently to affect the Earth’s magnetic dynamo. There are widespread reports of geomagnetic transients and changes in the geomagnetic field. These phenomena were not detectable to the people living on the Earth’s surface, but they do serve to validate the conclusions in the previous two chapters.
The investigation involved many different fields of inquiry
Roadmaps are provided in the book to guide the reader through the different areas of evidence --
Archaeological and Geophysical
The Earth and its inhabitants were very different after 2300 BC --
Destruction, Deterioration and Disappearance
The mythology is a strong supporting element --
The Appearance of Mythology at 2300 BC
Nuts and Bolts