So today in history in 1138 the Aleppo (Syria) earthquake happened which caused 230,000 deaths. The United States Geological Survey considers it the 3rd deadliest earthquake in history.
Ok, so, I would never have even given this little fact a second thought if I hadn't been at my Medieval Middle East History class last night and my Professor began talking about the Sunni Revival Period (11/12th cent.). She mentioned that with the revival of the Sunni's, Baghdad began to fall and the power center started to shift West, to cities like ALEPPO, Cairo, and Granada/Cordoba.
It makes sense then why this would have been an especially devastating earthquake at this time. It occurred just when Aleppo was growing and benefiting from the Revival and shift west.
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