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Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
Science ^ | Nov. 15, 2018 | Ann Gibbons

Posted on 11/16/2018 6:12:12 AM PST by artichokegrower

Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536." Not 1349, when the Black Death wiped out half of Europe. Not 1918, when the flu killed 50 million to 100 million people, mostly young adults. 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 Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 536; 536ad; ad536; blackdeath; catastrophism; globalwarminghoax; godsgravesglyphs; harvard; medieval; medievalhistory; michaelmccormick; middleages; renaissance; volcano
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To: chesley

I can live without flush toilets. Painless dentistry is another question.


61 posted on 11/16/2018 8:59:46 AM PST by sphinx
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To: teeman8r

I wish there were more pictures. Can you imagine how great it would be to go back in time with a camera?


62 posted on 11/16/2018 9:09:59 AM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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To: artichokegrower

This is why European kings repealed catalytic converter regulations in 540.


63 posted on 11/16/2018 9:19:33 AM PST by fruser1
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To: chesley
That’s a tag line 🙃
64 posted on 11/16/2018 9:24:39 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: sphinx

Dentistry is more painful; use of toilets more constant. I do like having both, plus a lot of other things. :)


65 posted on 11/16/2018 9:44:42 AM PST by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks Fractal Trader.

KEYWORDS: 536ad; ad536; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs

66 posted on 11/16/2018 10:57:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Fractal Trader; 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; bitt; blu; BradyLS; ...
Thanks Fractal Trader. Wow, we're on a roll this week! This is a great choice for the weekly Digest list ping.

KEYWORDS: 536ad; ad536; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs

67 posted on 11/16/2018 10:57:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ahhhh, I remember it well...........good times, good times....................

68 posted on 11/16/2018 10:59:17 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: chesley

Romans had flush toilets...................


69 posted on 11/16/2018 11:00:02 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: TXnMA; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
Thanks TXnMA. I'm also impressed by the level of interest in this topic right now, and over the years the FReeper interest in that particularly calendar year.

KEYWORDS: 536ad; ad536; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs

70 posted on 11/16/2018 11:00:49 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Under Wear,,,
My World is in the gutter,
I’m Corrupted.


71 posted on 11/16/2018 11:02:01 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: artichokegrower

I was going with the disco era as being the worst time to be alive in human history


72 posted on 11/16/2018 11:05:09 AM PST by Hammerhead
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To: blam; vannrox
The rest of the 536 AD keyword topics:

73 posted on 11/16/2018 11:10:20 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SamAdams76

and be burned at the stake for being a witch...

no thanks.

hehehe

t


74 posted on 11/16/2018 11:10:35 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: artichokegrower

——an aerosol veil ——

Not a greenhouse cloud that captured reflective radiationbut an aerosol veil that prevented sunlight from penetrating

This will require some thought but at the outset it seems like causitive attribution to suit the hypothesis


75 posted on 11/16/2018 11:11:18 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: moovova

Remember?

I have two. One is rolled up the other is tacked to the wall.....only about 2 meters howver


76 posted on 11/16/2018 11:14:20 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Everyone that supports the Georgia Guidestones think they somehow belong in the surviving 500 million group.


77 posted on 11/16/2018 11:24:10 AM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The mid east is strewn with former towns and villeages destroyed by earthquakes and never occupied again.

In the American west there are a number of ghost towns that lived and died.

In the annals of history, Paradise is just another dead town


78 posted on 11/16/2018 11:25:51 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: dangus

It all started on January of that year when the block of cheese developed mold.


79 posted on 11/16/2018 11:26:38 AM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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To: artichokegrower

It was the last year the Lion were competitive, but that’s not what they meant.


80 posted on 11/16/2018 11:37:06 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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