Proceedings of the First Seminar of Catastrophism and Ancient History

HELD ON DECEMBER 4, 1982, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

MARVIN ARNOLD LUCKERMAN
Executive Editor
Catastrophism and Ancient History

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CONTENTS

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Introduction
MARVIN ARNOLD LUCKERMAN

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The Albrecht/Glueck-Aharoni/Rothenberg Confrontation:
Who was Right and Who was Wrong about What?
DONOVAN A. COURVILLE

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The Cyclic Nature of Ancient Catastrophes
DONALD W. PATTEN

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Hereditary Monarchy in Assyria and the Assyrian Kinglist
HERB STORCK

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Were the "Sumerians of the Third Millennium in Reality
the Chaldeans of the First Millennium?

GUNNAR HEINSOHN and CHRISTOPH MARX

55
Sidelights on Velikovsky's Ages in Chaos
BRONSON FELDMAN

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Ebla and Velikovsky
MARVIN ARNOLD LUCKERMAN

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The Contributors