What happened in the year 536 AD said to be the 'worst year' in human history?

by tazzanderson

In the history of mankind as "the worst year as a living age", black death, which is said to have killed two-thirds to two-thirds of the European population, became a major epidemic in 1347, the Holocaust was 1941 Between years and 1945, and 1918 when influenza became a major epidemic and 100 million people died out, it is considered as a candidate. However, researchers at Harvard University list "AD 536" that many people could not think of as "worst year". What was happening in 536 was shown in detail in the latest research.

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Dr. Michael McCormick, an archaeologist at Harvard University, stated in 536 that "It was not the worst year to live but the beginning of the worst period."

AD 536 years ago when Justinian I reigned in the eastern Roman Empire about 10 years ago. Despite some skirmishes, even though infectious diseases were widespread, there was no genocide.

by Fancycrave.com

However, since a mysterious fog covered the sky and blocked the sun's light and the temperature on the earth dropped rapidly, chaos such as drought, malaise, food crisis such as food dangers continued all over the world for many years after 536. Even in the summer, the temperature is only around 1.5 - 2.5 degrees, it is said that snow fell in China. Historian Prokopios says, "There are a lot of horrors of awakening occurring in the year, the sun shone like a moon with no brightness all year round and it was like a solar eclipse" I will.

Evidence of Antarctic ice core , Green Rand tree annual rings, and subsequent volcanic activity showed that there was a massive volcanic eruption in 536. With these shortcomings, the world temperature has fallen and starvation has spread.

The ice core, where permanent ice deposits gradually build up, is an important resource of archaeological research. Looking at the ice core in the target age makes it possible to see what happened to that age's atmosphere.

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It is said that the volcanic activity was shown that volcanic ash and debris sediments called tephras are included in the ice core core of AD 536 AD. In addition, Greenland and Antarctica ice core cores showed the second volcanic eruption in 540, which prolonged global turmoil. In addition, the plague was prevalent in 541, and the situation worsened further.

However, the research team analyzed the ice core in the vicinity of the border between Switzerland and Italy in detail, and found out that lead was mixed in the ice core core of 640. Environmental pollution by lead itself is not a good thing, but this means that mankind has mined and started refining silver from lead ore. It was also shown that in the years 660 and 695 mankind cast silver coins. According to researchers, the fact that new mining was done instead of recycling metal indicates that the economy is recovering. However, more than 100 years have elapsed since the volcano erupted at this point.

In addition, from 1349 to 1353 the lead had disappeared from the atmosphere, it was said that the economy deteriorated. Researchers have announced that historical events can be investigated by examining lead in addition to the volcanic ash contained in the ice core, since the black death period is a period of outbreak during this period.