Sodom and Gomorrah were settlements south of the Dead Sea, believed on the Jordan side. It is thought that residents there were mining salt from the nearby Mount Sodom, which was one of the most valuable commodities in those times - and from which we derive the words 'salary' 'soldier' and others.
Apparently destroyed by earthquakes, endemic to the area. Given the hostile environment where few would want to live, as well as probable lack of pastimes or female partners, it had a reputation for homosexuality - hence the word 'sodomy'. Naturally after it was destroyed, religious attributions implied their sexual behaviour caused their destruction.
Being situated at the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea, the resulting evaporation of sea water is the cause for the salt. Since salt enabled the society to progress from hunter/gatherer, enabling the user to preserve meat instead of daily hunting, and permitted humans to begin developing agriculture, and later - iPhones, it is understandable why it was such a valuable commodity.
Even today the surrounding area is relatively fruitful, thanks to underground springs, and surrounding settlements take advantage of it. But it is still located in an extreme desert, as it was a few thousand years ago. The reason for the earthquakes is because the area is situated on the Israel/Jordan Rift Valley, with the Jordanian side relatively moving northward at a rate of 2-2.5mm per year. There has been an estimated 100km movement since it first started at least 50 million years ago.
Uh,....Sodom and Gomorrah were cities in the Bible, not books. Not sure what the question is?
Jewish tradition states that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in April.
It is possible that there were homosexuals before the time of Sodom and Gomorrah. But it had increased to much higher level at Sodom and Gomorrah times.
The two cities that God burned because of their sinfulness are Sodom and Gomorrah, as described in the Bible in the book of Genesis. God destroyed these cities with fire and brimstone due to their great wickedness and immoral behavior.
Some biblical scholars believe that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed around 1892 B.C.
Sodom and Gomorrah is the first mention of homosexuality in the Bible, but it is likely that it existed before then.
Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
The story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is in Genesis Chapter 19.
An angel
Yes, of course he does.
Abraham
Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah against the angels' warning.