Harvard historian identifies the worst year of human history

You may have complained about 2021. Or even 2020. But the year 536 is believed to have been worse.

The year in question was terrible because of the cataclysmic eruptions that blocked the sun and scattered the plague.

One of the years may have been worse than 1918 when the Spanish flu erupted, and when World War I ended, it killed 100 million people worldwide.

The year 1349 can also be considered on this Morbyde list, reports BTh, Periscope.

But 536 says Harvard professor is a separate category of evil.

And it all started with an explosion...

According to McCormick, professor of Medieval History, 536 was the forerunner of one of the worst periods in human history. He started with a volcanic eruption that took place in Iceland.

The ash spilled from the volcano led to mist that brought about 18 months of darkness throughout Europe, the Middle East, and certain parts of Asia. As Byzantine historian Procopi wrote.

“Sun gave no light, like the moon, year-round,”

Cassiodorus, a Roman politician of the time, wrote that the sun had <x0 blue”, which the moon “had no luster” and that the season was confused with each other.

And that led to hunger...

The dark days brought a period of hoarness, with summer temperatures dropping from 1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius.

This started one of the coldest decades in the past 2300 years, which led to crop collapse and hunger worldwide.

And that led to the fall of an empire.

In 541, bubonic mortar increased the world's misery. This plague caused half the population of the eastern Roman Empire to die. And that accelerated the decline of the empire.