What happened during the years 536 and 537?
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND PARTS OF ASIA,BYZANTINE EMPIRE, WHERE IN DARKNESS FOR 18 MONTHS.
WHY? Geologists say the “dust veil” ( reported by the historian Procopius and the Roman statesman Cassiodorus) was caused by volcanoes in Iceland and Central America were the culprits. So was a piece of Halley’s Comet that collided with the earth.
People died from lack of food; economies were ruined.
Some notes;
1, volcanic eruptions , along with earthquakes and tsunamis, are caused by earth’s tectonic plate shifting; the thinner plate goes under the thicker one.
2.The volcano in Central America was Ilopango.
3.The volcano in Iceland was Eyjafjallajokull.
4, the Halley’s Comet’s fragment causing more dust was considered the harbinger of doom.
5. That period of time is referred to as the worst ever.
6. The year 536 ushered in the little ice age that lasted until 660.
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