Why Is 536 the Worst Year in the World?

Historians and researchers on this subject While doing in-depth research It found a year you would never guess: 536.

Yes, you heard right. At the beginning of human history What happened in this year that can be considered as the “worst year”?

Medieval historian Micheal McCormik considers 536 AD to be the worst year ever lived on earth.

In an article published in Science magazine McCormickexplained one by one what happened to the world in these years. He mentions that the ash cloud created by the volcanic eruption in Iceland covered the entire northern hemisphere and that this black fog did not show daylight for 18 months. Just imagine…

Besides Historians of the period also About this darkness, he states that the Sun illuminates the Earth as much as the moonlight.

Did you know that the year 536 was the coldest year, while we are experiencing the hottest year in the world?

world, By the year 536, the average temperature was 2.5 degrees. As of this year, temperatures dropped to 1.5 degrees, making it the coldest 10 years in the world. And imagine a sky covered with fog on top of this coldness…

Never-ending giant volcanic eruptions in Iceland and North Americaso to speak, was not letting the world see the light of day. In the following years, these explosions gradually increased their impact and many people died.

It snowed in summer.

“Did this happen too!” Don’t say, because this also happened. It’s hot right now “I wish it would rain now!” We can hear you saying, oh, don’t wish for such a thing. Because the summer ‘snow’ that fell in China in 536 froze the crops, this time people died of hunger.

From the historical records of Ireland According to the results, people could not even find bread to eat between the years 536-539. It is also said that ‘cannibalism’ incidents have been seen for this reason. Justinian the Great banned ‘cannibalism’ when he came to the throne!

Famine, abnormal weather conditions and volcanic eruptions gave birth to the plague in the following years.

It is not even a matter of time for such a disaster to arise among all these troubles! in 541 Plague also came from the east of the Nile delta in Egypt. However, the history of plague predates these scourges. It only spread again, destroying almost a quarter of Eastern Rome.

Did you think it was over? Plaguelasted for exactly 100 years; Whichever way you look at it, this meant the death of nearly 100 million people.

Let’s come to the end of an era…

After all the disasters Byzantine Empire The first blow that would lead to its collapse took place in these years. Although its collapse took years, the fact that the first blow was delivered during this period made 536 a candidate for the ‘worst’ year in world history…

So what do you think? Which years? Could this be the worst year in the world?

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