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Effects Of Doumas

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What are some of the devastating effects such an eruption could have had on the surrounding regions? If not caused by the eruption of Thera, what were some other explanations for the ca.15th cent. BC destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete? Megan Billy Roman Art & Architecture Prof. Sarah M. Harvey Sept 19 2014 Reading Response: Doumas Some of the devastating effects such an eruption could have had on the surrounding regions may have been a lot more than just environmental. First, I would like to discuss the fact that the eruption created almost all of the correct circumstances to explain some of the astounding events that took place during the Exodus. For example, the ash completely blocked out the sun, thus leading to The Plague of Darkness

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