[SunkenCiv]

Researching a climatic catastrophe that rocked the Earth in A.D. 535, causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease.

Written records from China, Italy, Palestine [sic] and many other countries suggest a huge catastrophe blighted the world in 535AD. But the cause of it has been uncertain.

Was it a comet? An asteroid? A volcano? Archaeologist David Keys reveals the latter is to blame for the Dark Ages of famine and plague that shaped the world order of today.

Content licensed from Digital Rights Group (DRG).

Produced by 3BM Television Limited.

Catastrophe - The Day the Sun Went Out - Part 1 of 2 (Mysteries Of History Documentary) | Timeline - World History Documentaries | Published on June 23, 2017

Catastrophe - How the World Changed - Part 2 of 2 (Mysteries Of History Documentary) | Timeline - World History Documentaries | Published on June 24, 2017

[SunkenCiv]

The event in the Indonesian “Book of Kings”, that reportedly split Java from Sumatra — in historical times — is precisely dated, to “the year 338 Saka (416 AD)”, IOW, more than a century earlier than Key’s claiming. The British bias against large impacts is on full display in the documentary — but it’s still interesting and well worth watching.

http://www.google.com/search?q=volcanic+eruption+java+sumatra+book+of+kings