2006-10-21 10:14:17 · 9 answers · asked by jyotijahnvi 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Volcanic... Mt. Vesuvius...
The cities were Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The correct spellings should enable you to do the research on your own now.
2006-10-21 10:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Vesuvius is located near Naples, Italy, in a region where the African plate meets the Eurasian plate.
Mt. Vesuvius is famous for a violent eruption in ad 79 which destroyed the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Since then Mt. Vesuvius has erupted many times, including a violent eruption in 1631. The last major eruption occured in 1944.
2006-10-21 10:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by all 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pompeii
Horribly
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The volcano buried the city under many feet of ash and it was lost for 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is one of Italy's leading tourist attractions and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The heat from the eruption probably killed the people before the other effects of the volcano did.
2006-10-21 10:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Dentata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pompeii
2006-10-22 07:12:42 · answer #4 · answered by It's Me! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pompeii and Herculaneum were the largest cities destroyed... I believe most people died from the pyroclastic blast... Extreme wave of heated gas and rock...
2006-10-21 10:17:05 · answer #5 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pompeii:When pyroclastic surges (fast-moving, horizontally-directed, ash and rock-laden blasts) occurred, the remaining people were killed, either by the heat, by lack of oxygen in the thick dusty cloud, or by being struck by larger blocks.
2006-10-21 10:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by harold p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pompei, they died from breathing the toxic gasses expelled by the volcano, and the ash filled the air making it impossible to breath.
2006-10-21 10:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by grapelady911 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pompeii...
um they were buried in lava and ashes and breathed in a lot of the harmful gases that the volcano erupted..
2006-10-21 10:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by DestinationUNKNOWN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pyroplastic flow. made up of hot gas and ash. They suffocated.
2006-10-21 10:23:39 · answer #9 · answered by lightningviper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋