Thera Eruption Devastates Minoan Civilization

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Today's Daily Dose short history film covers the Minoan Eruption at present-day Santorini, which devastated the Minoan civilization around 1600 BCE. The filmmaker has included the original voice over script to further assist your understanding:
Today on The Daily Dose, The Minoan Eruption of Thera.
The precise date of the Minoan eruption has been fiercely debated for decades by archaeologists and geologists, and while most academics place the event around 1600 BCE, the Minoan eruption at Thera is thought to be in a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale, which decimated the Minoan settlement at Akrotira, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the northern coast of Crete. Thought to be four times the strength of the well-documented 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, the Minoan eruption at present day Santorini is widely believed to be one of the largest volcanic events in human history.
Although there are no clear records of the eruption, its plume may have been described in the Egyptian Tempest Stele, while the ensuing volcanic winter coincides with a cold snap described in the Chinese Bamboo Annals. Adding to the historic magnitude of the eruption, geologist Barbara J. Sivertsen has further sought to establish a link between the Minoan eruption and the biblical Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Geological evidence shows that the Thera volcano erupted numerous times over several hundred thousand years before the catastrophic Minoan eruption of 1600 BCE. In a recurring process, the volcano would erupt violently before collapsing into a roughly circular seawater-filled caldera, with numerous small islands forming in a circle around the primary vent. The caldera would slowly refill with magma, building up a new dome until the next eruption started the cycle over again. When the main volcanic eruption finally occurred, it hurled ash and magma 20 miles high into the stratosphere, at the same time creating a tsunami with an estimated wave height of 115 to 492 feet, which decimated the northern coastline of crete. The dramatic western coastline of Santorini was created when the island split in two during the primary blast.
Greek folklore has perpetuated the story that the Minoans living on Thera departed the island in a flotilla of oceangoing vessels when the frequency of earthquakes began to intensify, making their way to nearby Crete before celebrating their salvation by the time the main eruption finally occurred. Sadly, however, none of the celebrants possessed knowledge of the association of earthquakes and tsunamis, and when the wave crashed ashore on the northern coast of Crete, all the survivors were drowned in a watery death, before their bodies were washed out to sea.
And there you have it, the Minoan eruption of Thera, today on The Daily Dose. We strive for accuracy and unbiased fairness, but if you spot something that doesn’t look right please submit a correction here: forms.gle/UtRUTvgMK3HZsyDJA

[@christosgiannopoulos828]

The fact that this island is a city now makes it even cooler. Like someone decided to build their house on an active volcano as if they were a mad scientist from an action movie

[@stuckonaslide]

fun fact: the eruption of thera is sometimes attributed as causing the 10 plagues of egypt.

[@Matthias-sl6jr]

That's what brought me here,Barbara J. Sivertsen trying to link Thera to Exodus.Egyption Ptolemaic historian Menetho saidMoses story based on usurper Pharaoh Amenmesse around 1200BC which seems to be confirmed by Flavius Josephus who describesMoses contentious relationship with Pharaoh of his time way Egyptian records describe contest between Amenmesse&Seti II.Egyptian records describe Exodus type event during reign of Setnahkte about 15 years after Amenmesse disappeared from records.That would put Exodus about year 1186B.C. Scripture says Exodus occurred 430 years after regional famine brought Jacob to in egypt.If you go back 430 years from 1186B.C. your at 1616B.C. 1 of the proposed dates for Thera eruption is 1601bc to 1627bc.Excess sand and in ocean cores show regional Mediterranean famine at exactly that time,so it's more likely the Thera volcano responsible for what's known as Jacobs Famine in Genesis.

[@ms.donaldson2533]

I found your information as a source while researching an old Reader's Digest World History book from the 1960s. The "Thira" Eruption they called it dated to sometime around 1500 BC and is thought to be the event that ended the Atlantis Civilization. At least that is the version of the story that I have on my lap :) Thanks for doing REAL history!!!

[@Menifest_12]

I also... 1001 days that create the world.....

[@ryanb9749]

Minoan Civilization. I researched this a lot. I think Thera was Atlantis.

[@ryanb9749]

@DrakenViggen Maybe they had a Zoo. lol. with the quality of their boats they could have transported an Elephant from North Africa.

[@ryanb9749]

@DrakenViggen it was almost 1000 years later. His account is not 100% accurate.

[@Matthias-sl6jr]

what brought me here,Barbara J. Sivertsen trying to link Thera to Exodus.Egyption Ptolemaic historian Menetho saidMoses story based on usurper Pharaoh Amenmesse around 1200BC which seems to be confirmed by Flavius Josephus who describesMoses contentious relationship with Pharaoh of his time way Egyptian records describe contest between Amenmesse&Seti II.Egyptian records describe Exodus type event during reign of Setnahkte about 15 years after Amenmesse disappeared from records.That would put Exodus about year 1186B.C. Scripture says Exodus occurred 430 years after regional famine brought Jacob to in egypt.If you go back 430 years from 1186B.C. your at 1616B.C. 1 of the proposed dates for Thera eruption is 1601bc to 1627bc.Excess sand and in ocean cores show regional Mediterranean famine at exactly that time,so it's more likely the Thera volcano responsible for what's known as Jacobs Famine in Genesis.

[@prabhakarv4193]

Very nice

[@sophiawilson8696]

They it was 3600 years ago it happended. People have link it to the Bronze Age Collapse.

[@ryanb9749]

But the Bronze age collapse happened 200-400 years later. That's like saying the the Carrington Event in 1859 is responsible for the global chip shortage in 2021.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

It's said when thera volcano blew in 1450B.c. the bronze age came to an end

[@mdb1239]

The pumice of Thera shows up in Thutmoses III/Amenhotep II reigns in Egypt. This dates Thera eruption to the 1400s (1490s - 1420s). Are the Egyptian dates for these 2 Pharaohs TOTALLY WRONG or is the date for the Santorini eruption wrong? This is a difference of possibly 150 years from the radiocarbon dating of Thera eruption. 150 YEARS!!!!!

[@Matthias-sl6jr]

what brought me here,Barbara J. Sivertsen trying to link Thera to Exodus.Egyption Ptolemaic historian Menetho saidMoses story based on usurper Pharaoh Amenmesse around 1200BC which seems to be confirmed by Flavius Josephus who describesMoses contentious relationship with Pharaoh of his time way Egyptian records describe contest between Amenmesse&Seti II.Egyptian records describe Exodus type event during reign of Setnahkte about 15 years after Amenmesse disappeared from records.That would put Exodus about year 1186B.C. Scripture says Exodus occurred 430 years after regional famine brought Jacob to in egypt.If you go back 430 years from 1186B.C. your at 1616B.C. 1 of the proposed dates for Thera eruption is 1601bc to 1627bc.Excess sand and in ocean cores show regional Mediterranean famine at exactly that time,so it's more likely the Thera volcano responsible for what's known as Jacobs Famine in Genesis.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Difference between thera and krakatoa 1450 B.C.E theran minoan culture dissappeared whereas when krakatau blew localized pyroclaustic and tsunami coastal indonesianvillages folks 30,000 lives lost

[@bravowhiskey4684]

VEI, not Richter

[@aaronknight1430]

Yes you're right the Richer scales is for earthquake and volcanoes is VEI volcanic explosives indexes do.your research video

[@EvH920410]

is jack nicholson the narrator?

[@davhuf3496]

Rickter scale?

[@Spaceballs30]

Andy would be proud

[@ryanb9749]

I'm surprised the evidence documented in Egypt, Ottoman Empire, Mainland Greece, India, China, and Europe doesn't archeologically indicate a specific day or week.

[@temosofthecommunistrepubli2637]

The ottoman empire didn't exist

[@ryanb9749]

@@temosofthecommunistrepubli2637 I meant Hittites. Same geographical region, wrong millennium, oops.

[@temosofthecommunistrepubli2637]

@@ryanb9749 dont worry. You were only 2000 years off

[@godzilla964]

The origin of the myth of Atlantis.

[@uncatila]

BC- before Christ. Christ is king.

[@dylantennant6594]

Shut up, no one cares. And you relize that people were recording history long before Christ. BCE (before common era), makes more sense, as it provides a secular view point of history and a common timeline for all people in history.

[@JoseAnd97]

BCE - Before Christ Era CE - Christ Era

[@avalovesbrains]

15. What did the 1600 B.C.E. Minoan eruption of Thera measure on the Richter Scale? 16. How did the eruption of Thera compare with that of Krakatoa? 17. What other ancient civilizations mention effects from the eruption of Thera? 18. How high into the sky did the ash cloud from the Thera eruption reach? 19. What is the estimated height of the tidal wave generated by the volcanic eruption that struck Crete? 20. What happened to the Minoans who fled Thera in boats before the main eruption?

[@temosofthecommunistrepubli2637]

It was VEI 7 and it much larger thst Krakatoa

[@jimhernandez3563]

I saw a TV documentary about it. They estimated the blast at 15 Megatons, compared to an estimated 10 Megatons for "Diablo Canyon", west of Winslow, Arizona. Estimated, of course.

[@temosofthecommunistrepubli2637]

@@jimhernandez3563 its was much more 15 Megatons its was at least 30.000.000 Megatons