Hello Gary -

Models of ancient history are undergoing a change, as a new factor is taken into account: the impact of asteroids and comets

You have to remember that the southern Etruscan confederation's capital of Volsinii was destroyed by impact, and that this led to the foundation of Rome. I have already mentioned this destruction to Cambridge Conference participants, and I will be writing about this next year. Baring the receipt of large cash sums from other sources, you will be able to buy a full report on this from me sometime towards the end of 2003.

One of the key reasons for the ability of this English colonists to expand in North America, if not the essential one, was that they were able ot play one Native American tribe against another. These tribal rivalries were due to the recent migrations. The medieval cold period (natural solar variabliity) played some role in these migrations; another factor was that the Mississipian leader's authority had been reduced by the destruction of Mississipian peoples along the Tennessee River in the Bald Mountains impact event.

The fundamental flaw of the Roman empire was its inability to select an executive, a problem made far worse by Constantine's "reforms".

The fundatmental flaw of the Republic seems to have been its Middle Eastern policy...

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