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The Lost Millennium: History's Timetables Under Siege Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 2011

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We measure history―its defining moments, landmark documents, and great figures―by dates. The French Revolution began in 1789, the Magna Carta was originally issued in 1215, and Julius Caesar died in the year 44 BC. What makes these dates correct, though? Is it possible that there is a massive gap in the historical record and that the calendar we use today is off by about 1,000 years? Sparked by a chance meeting at a conference in Mexico more than fifteen years ago, Florin Diacu sets off on a journey into the field of historical chronology to answer these fascinating questions.

This book reads like a detective story, describing in vivid detail Diacu’s adventure back in time as he explores the shocking theory of a lost millennium. He meets a colorful cast of characters along the way. Chief among them is Anatoli Fomenko, a Russian mathematician who supports drastically revising historical chronology based on his extensive research in ancient astronomy, linguistics, cartography, and a crucial manuscript by Ptolemy. Fomenko, however, is not the only one to puzzle over time; Isaac Newton, Voltaire, and Edmund Halley, among others, also enter into this captivating quest.

The Lost Millennium highlights the controversy surrounding the dating of ancient events, a fascinating tale full of mystery, debate, and excitement. Join the author as he pushes further and further in search of the truth.

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    The Johns Hopkins University Press
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    November 1, 2011
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  6. ISBN-10
    1421402882
  7. ISBN-13
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Diacu gives both sides of the argument fairly but the mere idea that the calendar may be out by as much as 1,000 years is staggering.

-- "The London Free Press"

Diacu, a polyglot and erudite mathematician, lays out old and recent debates with great clarity and offers the first detailed account for nonspecialists of the radical revisionist theories of Anatoli Fomenko and his colleagues. His book--like most of those he describes--will certainly become a flash point in its own right. For the general reader, it offers a fascinating look at an unknown world.

--Anthony Grafton

Intriguing . . . [Diacu's] account is at its best when he wrestles with the many contradictions of both the accepted and revisionist chronologies . . . He wades into celestial mechanics with a dizzying discussion of eclipses, astronomical calculations, and algebraic formulas.

-- "The Globe and Mail"

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Diacu gives both sides of the argument fairly but the mere idea that the calendar may be out by as much as 1,000 years is staggering.
―The London Free Press

Intriguing . . . [Diacu's] account is at its best when he wrestles with the many contradictions of both the accepted and revisionist chronologies . . . He wades into celestial mechanics with a dizzying discussion of eclipses, astronomical calculations, and algebraic formulas.
―The Globe and Mail

Diacu, a polyglot and erudite mathematician, lays out old and recent debates with great clarity and offers the first detailed account for nonspecialists of the radical revisionist theories of Anatoli Fomenko and his colleagues. His book―like most of those he describes―will certainly become a flash point in its own right. For the general reader, it offers a fascinating look at an unknown world.
―Anthony Grafton, Princeton University

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Johns Hopkins University Press; 2nd edition (November 1, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1421402882
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1421402888
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.61 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Anders D. Mikkelsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2008
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Florin Diacu's The Lost Millenium approaches the issues of revising chronology from an astronomy perspective. He shows how our present understanding of chronology doesn't line up with our knowledge of astronomy. He quite rightly shows that there are issues with Fomenko's reconstruction of Chronology. However what is perhaps most valuable about Fomenko is the mass of evidence showing that our existing chronology is unscientific. It would be good to see Florin Diacu concentrate more on that. If we examine the history of different texts we see that until the 'Revival of Letters' and the printing press, works like the Bible appear to have been practically non-existent as far as the historical record shows. People were not really familiar with the classics, bible, and church fathers till the era of printing. In English one can also refer to Edwin Johnson for more information. Wikipedia has links to his works, including The Pauline Epistles. In many ways the classics reflect the concerns of the renaissance, while the bible reflects the religious arguments of the different sides in the reformation era. (Just as the Book of Mormon shows a current understanding of 19th Century theological arguments in New York State.) The further one examines the subject the less clear it is what on really knows about the past prior to the age of publication. This book is important because it shows that there is solid evidence that our knowledge of the past is dubious.
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Andres Nicolas Guzman
5.0 out of 5 stars objective account and fun to read
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2007
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A must read for anyone who wants an objective account on Fomenko's views. there are also brief accounts on Peter James and David Rohl. maybe in a second edition professor Diacu will venture into the minds of the German revisionists Uwe Topper, and Herbert Illig. so far they sound more convincing to me than Fomenko, although Fomenko's results for the almagest do destroy the main pillar of traditional chronology. Diacu speaks of the dark ages in the middle ages but never really gets into it. Herbert Illig for example proposed that 300 years should be taken out of the chronology, according to him the years between 600 AD and 900 AD. if anyone was convinces by Peter James Centuries of Darkness, he should be convinced by Illig. the proofs are very similar, and they were very convincing to me. in conclusion, Diacu has managed to summarize Fomenko in mere 200 pages and he did it in a fun way. there is still space for lets say 100 pages exploring the views of the German revisionists, this would give the reader more places were to choose from.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Prompt delivery, condition exactly as described
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022
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George Poirier
5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Historical Chronology
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2005
Being an avid reader of history books, especially ancient history, I have always taken for granted that when a historian stated that an event occurred in a certain year in the distant past, that that year was correct - especially if conventionally accepted among historians - within, perhaps, a small margin of error. Before reading this book, I was not aware of the challenges that have been made in the past, and that are still being made today, to conventional historical chronology - challenges that propose to shorten recorded history by as much as one thousand years! The main reformist in this field these days is Anatoli Fomenko, a well-respected Russian mathematician on whose work most of this book is based. The author, also a mathematician, uses an unbiased and objective approach in analyzing Fomenko's theories and methods. He also discusses the traditionalists' reactions to Fomenko's results. Although it is easy to sense that history's timetables are not about to be overturned any time soon based solely on Fomenko's work, the author does suggest ways in which some traditional dates can be confirmed. Observing the scientific method at work is always interesting for me. This is a fascinating book. It is very well written in a clear and engaging style; and, for me, it was quite a page-turner.
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Bart Brodowski
2.0 out of 5 stars Rather pointless.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2012
Having read some other reviews of this book, I was excited when I finally got my hands on it, hoping that it would be as enlightening as some other books that question orthodox chronology. Sadly, I was rather disappointed. This book is almost entirely focused on Fomenko and his wacky mathematical (and/or statistical) approach to history. Very briefly, Fomenko claims that our written history is not as long as we think it is, and attempts to shave about a 1000 years from it (hence the title of the book). But while the author of this book seems to question the validity of Fomenko's revisionist theories, he nevertheless tries to be "fair" to the Russian mathematician, by acknowledging that some of the dates he got from interpreting ancient astronomical "data" was thorough and perhaps needs to be considered. Huh? How can a TRANSLATION and COPY (who can even guess of which order) of some ancient writer who made observations WITHOUT any astronomical instruments or tools be considered hard evidence to come up with PRECISE dating, and furthermore to attempt to use these new dates to completely undermine ancient and medieval history. Nonsense. A good critique of Fomenko could have been written in a short article, using only logic to topple his assertions. If you are looking for something that challenges traditional chronology, but actually makes sense, consider reading Emmet Sweeney's books.
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Samuel Bernstein
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2006
This book filled my winter holidays with joy! I always thought mathematicians cannot write, but Diacu proved me wrong. He succeeded to grip my attention from the beginning and kept me focused until I read the very last line. Now I am reading this book for the second time because I want to fix the ideas, and I find it as fresh and engaging as the first time. Diacu's quest to learn the truth, his enthusiasm and care for detail are worth noting. A read that made me think more intensly than I did in years.
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David Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2015
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Diacu present all sides in a very unbiased manner so the reader can arrive at his own conclusions.
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Jean Ovide Bourdeau
3.0 out of 5 stars average
Reviewed in Canada on August 29, 2013
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Fair but not clearly exhibited
Too general, not clearly divided
Like the three divisions of fomenko's proposals
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Reference to scientific method great
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