The Mystery of 536 AD | The Worst Climate Disaster in History
Researching a climatic catastrophe that rocked the Earth in A.D. 536, causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease.
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Written records from China, Italy, Palestine 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.