Ancient Greece

This past week I watched a show on PBS - Secrets of the Dead - Sinking Atlantis. While it was interesting, at the time I was watching I must confess it didn't seem overly important. However, as things progressed, it was discovered that a tsunami was responsible for destroying much of the island of Crete and the surrounding area (and a volcano responsible for the tsunami.) While I believe it's important to study and learn about this, to help prepare for the next, what was more interesting to me was the light that the Greek navy was parked in a cove - The Gulf of Corinth - see the map. What this possibly meant, was the navy fleets of the surrounding countries were destroyed in the tsunami, except for the Greek navy. This gave them a very strategic advantage over their neighbors, and enabled them to conquer with speed. In Daniel, this is stated of the Greek empire:

Daniel 7:6 "After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it." A kingdom that would conquer with great speed.

One problem with this relating to Alexander the Great, is that their dating of the volcano (and resulting tsunami) was around 1600 BC, where Alexander the Great was around 350 BC. However, I don't believe that carbon dating is the most exact.

So, all in all, it was interesting to me to hear these historians explain how a great tsunami was responsible for making it possible for the Greeks to conquer. There is obviously a lot that could be studied about this, but might be an interesting place to start.