Of all the disasters visited upon humanity by mother nature, volcanoes are among the least frequent, but also among the most impactful.This lesson covers:Thera, 1600 BCE : Doom of the Minoan civilization, and possible inspiration for the book of Exodus.Mount Vesuvius, 79CE : History's most infamous volcanic eruption and source of ghoulish fascination to this day.Mount Tambora, 1815 : How the most powerful explosion in 10,000 years turned weather backwards and inspired some of the most significa