Thera eruption
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The Thera eruption was a massive Bronze Age volcanic explosion on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) that devastated nearby regions and is often linked to the collapse of Minoan civilization.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minoan eruption | 2 |
| Minoan eruption of Thera | 2 |
| Santorini eruption | 1 |
| Thera eruption canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Thera eruption Context triple: [Minoan civilization, declineAssociatedWith, Thera eruption]
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Samalas volcano
Samalas volcano is a large stratovolcano on Indonesia’s Lombok Island whose massive 13th-century eruption is considered one of the most powerful volcanic events of the last millennium.
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Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
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Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano
The Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano was a massive supereruption about 26,500 years ago that created Lake Taupō and is one of the largest known volcanic eruptions on Earth in the last 100,000 years.
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Mount Novarupta
Mount Novarupta is a volcano in Alaska’s Katmai region, best known for its massive 1912 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.
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Hōei eruption
The Hōei eruption was a major 1707–1708 explosive eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan that blanketed nearby regions, including Edo (Tokyo), with ash and created the volcano’s prominent Hōei crater.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thera eruption Target entity description: The Thera eruption was a massive Bronze Age volcanic explosion on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) that devastated nearby regions and is often linked to the collapse of Minoan civilization.
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A.
Samalas volcano
Samalas volcano is a large stratovolcano on Indonesia’s Lombok Island whose massive 13th-century eruption is considered one of the most powerful volcanic events of the last millennium.
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B.
Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
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C.
Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano
The Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano was a massive supereruption about 26,500 years ago that created Lake Taupō and is one of the largest known volcanic eruptions on Earth in the last 100,000 years.
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D.
Mount Novarupta
Mount Novarupta is a volcano in Alaska’s Katmai region, best known for its massive 1912 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.
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E.
Hōei eruption
The Hōei eruption was a major 1707–1708 explosive eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan that blanketed nearby regions, including Edo (Tokyo), with ash and created the volcano’s prominent Hōei crater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age event
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natural disaster ⓘ volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Thera eruption
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surface form:
Minoan eruption
Thera eruption ⓘ
surface form:
Santorini eruption
|
| approximateDate |
17th century BCE
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Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| ashFoundIn |
Crete
ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Turkey ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Minoan civilization ⓘ |
| chronologyDebate | high vs low chronology for Late Bronze Age Aegean ⓘ |
| climaticImpact | short-term regional climate cooling ⓘ |
| coveredSettlementWith | ash ⓘ |
| destroyedSettlement |
Akrotiri (Thera)
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surface form:
Akrotiri
|
| eruptionStyle |
Plinian eruption
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phreatomagmatic eruption ⓘ |
| estimatedMagnitude | one of the largest eruptions of the last 4,000 years ⓘ |
| estimatedPlumeHeight | over 30 kilometers ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
ice core sulfate spikes
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tephrochronology ⓘ tree-ring anomalies ⓘ |
| followedBy | post-caldera volcanic activity on Santorini ⓘ |
| generated |
ash fall over eastern Mediterranean
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pyroclastic flows ⓘ tsunamis ⓘ |
| impactOnCivilization |
contributedToDeclineOf Minoan civilization
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devastated nearby Minoan settlements ⓘ |
| influenced | synchronization of Aegean and Egyptian chronologies ⓘ |
| linkedToMyth |
Atlantis legend
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Exodus plagues hypotheses ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| locatedInSea | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| occurredOnIsland |
Santorini
ⓘ
Thera ⓘ |
| partOf | geologic history of Santorini ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Santorini eruptive phases ⓘ |
| producedFeature |
Santorini
ⓘ
surface form:
Santorini caldera
ignimbrite deposits ⓘ pumice deposits ⓘ tephra layer in eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| radiocarbonDateRange | circa 1627–1600 BCE ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Aegean prehistory
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archaeology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| volcanicExplosivityIndex | VEI 6 ⓘ |
| volcano |
Santorini
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surface form:
Santorini caldera
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Subject: Thera eruption Description of subject: The Thera eruption was a massive Bronze Age volcanic explosion on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) that devastated nearby regions and is often linked to the collapse of Minoan civilization.
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