A Brief History of the Apocalypse

I thought that I had written a pretty definitive article on end-of-the-world prophesies, in 1999. I’ve been quite proud of my research and never let a chance to advertise it go by.
However, trawling though the blogosphere today, what do I find? Yes, the really definitive list of end-of-the-world prophesies. From 2800BC to, ooh, 4,000,000,000,000 AD, here’s the real deal.