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supraz

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hey does any1 know y the people of pompeii didnt know anything abt volcanoes????
 

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supraz said:
hey does any1 know y the people of pompeii didnt know anything abt volcanoes????
wrong forum buddy! but put simply, they just didnt have the technology to study and understand them as we do, and they saw things like erruptions and volcanic/seismic activity as a reflection of the gods, eg angry god
 

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-may-cat- said:
wrong forum buddy! but put simply, they just didnt have the technology to study and understand them as we do, and they saw things like erruptions and volcanic/seismic activity as a reflection of the gods, eg angry god
also, vesuvius had been dorment for a very very very long time, and many assumed it was just a mountain, and had no idea what was going on during the eruption until it was too late
 

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