Tertius Chandler (1915–2000) was a

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

and

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from

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Chandler was an author and historian who lectured on

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, and

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

, especially about

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

. Chandler's most successful book in terms of recognition by scholars is ''Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth'' (1987). The book includes estimates of the population of cities since ancient times. Although the book has been widely quoted, urban historians have criticized Chandler's superficial and uncritical use of sources, leading to unreliable population estimates for many past cities.Paul Bairoch, Cities and economic development: From the dawn of history to the present, 1988, pp.116-117

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Outside of his mainstream work on populations of ancient cities, Chandler held many alternative ideas on history which he discussed in his book ''Godly Kings and Early Ethics'' where he presented his ideas on Moses and his belief that

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and other figures in

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were actual people. He developed these claims in some of his other books as well, some of his claims included: *That Zeus was a king in Moses' time. *That Tubal of ancient Spain may have built Stonehenge. *That Moses was Ikhnaton's vizier Ramose. *That Chinese writing was derived from that of Moses. *That Hindu reincarnation concepts came from Egypt. *That Noah was the same person as the ancient Greek Aeneas. *That Adonai has to come from Egyptian Aton. *That the Jewish Ark comes from the Egyptian Ark of Truth even in its winged decoration.

Published works

*''Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth'' First edition (1974) revised edition (1987) *''Chandler's Half Encyclopedia'' *''The Tax We Need'' *''Remote Kingdoms'' *''Godly Kings and Early Ethics'' (1981) *''Moses and the Golden Age'' (1986) *''Progress: Social Progress from Mercury to Kennedy''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Tertius 1915 births 2000 deaths Pseudohistorians Writers from Berkeley, California 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from California

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