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Bookmark or Share- Top 10 Worst Years To Be Alive in Human History - ListverseTop 10 Worst Years To Be Alive in Human History. We can all agree that 2020 was a pretty crappy year for a lot of people around the world, and 2021 wasn’t much better. However, while 2020–2021 were undoubtedly bad years for the people experiencing them, they are hardly the worst years in history.
- A Harvard Researcher Has Determined The Worst Year In Human HistoryHarvard University archaeologist and medieval historian Michael McCormick will tell you that 536 A.D. was the worst year in history to be alive. This may come as a surprise considering that nobody typically thinks of the year 536 as a particularly traumatic one.
- Why Much of the World Went Dark for 18 Months in 536 A.D.Why Much of the World Went Dark for 18 Months in 536 A.D. Along with more than a year of literal darkness, the solar dimming served up cold, starvation, economic stagnation and plague. By: Becky...
- Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive' - Science | AAASAsk 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.
- Harvard professor's study identifies the worst year in human history ...Harvard professor Michael McCormick argues the worst year to be alive was 536 AD. The year was terrible due to cataclysmic eruptions that blocked out the sun and the spread of the plague. 536...
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