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To: Freedom56v2

Last night I watched a video on why the middle of the sixth century AD was so socially and historically cataclysmic. Scientists claim the Krakatoa volcano had a major blow which dimmed the sun for awhile and resulted in (1) droughts which drove the Mongolian steppe warriors to invade the Roman Empire and also likely destroyed the Mayan culture; (2) cooler weather led to proliferation of a flea which carried plague to the Roman and Celtic civilizations; (3) another effect of the drought was to destroy the Yemen hegemony and drove ambitious people to Medina including Mohammed’s family. In other words, a whole lot of unforeseen consequences can happen.


43 posted on 04/11/2021 11:27:04 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: caseinpoint

In other words, a whole lot of unforeseen consequences can happen.


Spot-On.

I read how US was impacted in 1816...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer


45 posted on 04/11/2021 11:50:59 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If I wanted to live in China, I would move there!)
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