[Strategerist]

The problem with the theory is that last time Krakatoa went off ~ and I mean really big time ~ in 538 AD it set off a planet-wide catastrophe called the DARK AGES.

Several scientific papers have recently debunked this; they can't find any ash layer from a Krakatau eruption in 538 AD.

However, as is typical, you'll not see a big deal made of this in the popular media or on TV documentaries.

[muawiyah]

535 AD/ 538 AD ~ depends on how you count the years.

Before that year Krakatoa was a volcano ON land. After that year Krakatoa was a volcanic cauldera UNDER water.

The fellow in UK who came up with the idea said the explosion was so big it launched the magma far beyond the stratosphere ~ the result is no big deposits anywhere.