It’s not a trip to collect rocks, but one of these events may be shown in a mural that is also interpreted as a leopard skin atop a geometric design. A mythological battle between Llao and Skell records details of one of these events. James Mellaart hypothesized that one of these events at Hasan Dagi is shown in a drawing at Catalhöyük (“chah-tall-HOO-yook”) that has been called the world’s first map. Mayan regional migration increased after one of these events at (*) Ilopango. Spyridon Marinatos suggested that one of these events flipped the balance of power in favor of the mainland Mycenaeans (“migh-suh-NEE-uns”) over the Minoans. A particularly large one of these events at Toba possibly caused a population bottleneck, while another destroyed Herculaneum. For 10 points, name this type of event that preserved Pompeii. ■END■
ANSWER: volcanic eruptions [or volcanoes; or volcanism; prompt on pyroclastic flow or tephra fall or descriptions of being covered in ash by asking “what larger event is that part of?”; prompt on tsunami by asking “a tsunami caused by what event?”; prompt on creating a lake by asking “through what event?”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Other History>
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