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The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

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The abundant sources of water and the green pastures convinced Lot, the nephew of Abraham to choose the Dead Sea valley for his dwelling. He knew about neither the frequent earthquakes in this region due to its being a tectonic rift valley nor the morality of its inhabitants. The troubles of Lot started with the war of Mesopotamians kings including Amraphel, (probably Hammurabi) against the king of Sodom and his allies. The trouble continued because of a severe earthquake which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

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  1. The J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Sede-Boqer Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Arie S. Issar

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Issar, A.S. (2014). The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. In: Strike the Rock and There Shall Come Water. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01937-6_9

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