Meteor Disaster at 2350 BC

[Cymric]

asian1 wrote:
What happen if there is a similar disaster in 21st century? Can modern civilization recover from similar disaster?

Ever seen 'Deep Impact'? Apart from the fact that there are a few inaccuracies---like the people being able to see the comet approaching when in fact they'd be singed to a crisp---the overall scale of destruction is okay. In fact I think the tsunamis are even too small. 'Armageddon' has a beautifully rendered scene of a comet impacting on Florence.

A few cities hit like that will not cripple civilization. If you increase the impact energy by a factor 10, you ruin a continent, and devastate the global economy. Humankind will survive, though. Increase it again by a factor of 10, and you have a nuclear winter akin to the massive impact that killed off the dinousaurs 65 million years ago and nearly wiped out life. Ironically, it paved the way for mammals like us, but it was a close call.

Take your pick. For further info, see this link. Do not view on a full stomach, it's disturbing.

[Cymric]

Which reminds me of the following story. I can't remember where I heard or read it, I think it was in a magazine or something. In any case, a woman was telling about her job as a teacher of European (and Dutch in particular) habits and customs to would-be expats from the US. One time, she asked her class of about 20 people, all from the higher management levels of large companies, whether they had any questions regarding Europe. Well, this VP of finance of a major company asks, he wasn't sure whether this qualified as a question, but still... 'Do people sell underwear in Europe?' The guy was under the impression that we were still hunting sabretooth tigers and cave bears and that the US truly were the only civilised country in the world. Mind, a VP of finance of a major company.