A volcanic eruption, a sunless sky, and widespread famine—536 AD stands as one of the most devastating years humanity has ever endured. In this documentary from Kings and Generals, discover how ...

But 536. In Europe, "It was the beginning of one of the worst periods to be alive, if not the worst year," says McCormick, a historian and archaeologist who chairs the Harvard University ...

Human history has seen its ups and downs and researchers have questioned the worst year for humans to be alive in. It could be the years of the flu pandemic or that of the Black Death or even the ...

Volcanoes, Famine, Endless Winter: The Year That Nearly Ended Civilisation The situation worsened by eruptions in the years 540 AD and 547 AD, and it took a long time for the Northern Hemisphere ...

It was the year 536. A pair of studies published in the journal Antiquity, paint a dire picture of life for humans starting in AD 536.

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Volcanoes, Famine, Endless Winter: The Year That Nearly Ended Civilisation The situation worsened by eruptions in the years 540 AD and 547 AD, and it took a long time for the Northern Hemisphere ...

How darkness, famine and disease made 536 AD ‘the worst year in human history’ War and flu pandemics, famine and the bubonic plague have all contributed to make 536AD the worst year to be alive in ...