In 1257 AD one of the largest volcanic eruptions took place on Lombok, causing worldwide catastrophies the subsequent years, possibly even resulting in the Little Ice Age. It was an outburst of similar strength as the well knows of Santorini, Vesuvius, Tambora & Krakatoa ...
In The Medieval Empire of the Israelites, the authors describe that glacial cores point out a catastrophe must have taken place around 1260 AD. Ten years later, scientists concluded Segara Anak was the result of that catastrophic eruption. For these authors, the mentioned year is a key to understand history, some important historical turning points took place around that time:
- The Mamluk Sultanate beat the Mongol Empire near Ain Jalut, a first major defeat for the conquering nomads (1260 AD)
- The Byzantines besieged Constantinopolis, ultimately resulting in its seizure by Alexios Strategiopoulos (1261 AD)
- The Castilians captured Cadiz, ending the Reconquista, only allowing tribute paying Nasrids on the peninsula (1262 AD)
Although at first glance these events seem unconnected to each other, some interesting questions arise:
- As the Mongols, the Byzantines got defeated first, however the latter ones were succesful one year later: Might the spring of Goliath refer to the spring near Constantinople, of which the nearby gate contributed to the surprising seizure?
- Cadiz means stronghold, while Constantinople is famous for its walls: Could it be the former ones captured it too under their pseudonym Castilians, although mainstream history claims otherwise?
Considering these similarities, is one real historical blueprint used to, at least partially, invent some fake histories for different regions, so creating some fake history & hiding some real history?
About one millenium earlier, around 536 AD, a volcanic eruption also caused extreme weather events & crop failures. Late in that year the troops of Flavius Belisarius seized Naples by using an abandoned aqueduct to capture the city by surprise: Is this a duplicate story of the mentioned seizure, as well as the seizure of Troy?
