Named the most destructive year for all humanity on Earth

Harvard scientists revealed the secret of the "year of darkness": 536 became the darkest period in human history. For a year and a half, Europe and Asia were immersed in impenetrable fog, and the temperature dropped by a catastrophic 2.5 degrees. The weakened sunlight triggered a chain of disasters that changed the course of history.

Researchers recognized this year as the coldest in two and a half millennia. Natural cataclysms, mass starvation, and deadly epidemics covered vast territories. Historical evidence of plague outbreaks and food crisis in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire confirms the unprecedented scale of the climatic catastrophe.

The situation worsened in 539 when a powerful volcanic eruption occurred in Iceland. The consequences were not long in coming — in 540 and 547, the atmosphere was saturated with volcanic ash. Scientists emphasize that these events were followed by a wave of devastating earthquakes, floods, and epidemics, finally plunging the world into the deepest crisis.

Source: Rambler