11 Natural Disasters That Led to Wars
1. Eruption of Thera, c. 1600 BCE Some of the most important result of ancient history – and Greek mythology – resulted from one of the more spectacular disasters to ever take up the eastern Mediterranean : the outbreak of the volcanic island of Thera , today known as Santorini , sometime around 1600 BCE . This massive explosion sent an incredible 24 cubic miles of earth and rock into the air and sea and ( perhaps in conjunction with an temblor ) spark off a tsunami that swept the Aegean Sea ....