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536 AD: The Worst Year In History? | Catastrophe | Full Series | Chronicle
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From late 535 AD to 536, written records from across the world suggest a mysterious climate catastrophe. Dubbed the year "without a summer", the sun was completely dimmed and shadows were invisible even at noon. The cause of of the "worst year to be alive in history" has been long 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.

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@erin5092

11 months ago

Good lord, this documentary had it all! Tree rings, comets, volcanos, King Arthur, bubonic plague, ice samples from Antarctica, sick babies in Mexico, rat fleas at 25 degrees, unending winters, Chinese booms, Roman Empire barbarian tributes. And I still got 10 minutes left! I am thrilled and speechless.

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@littleloner1159

11 months ago

Sound engineer: How dramatic and unsettling do you want your documentary? Producer: Yes

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@saragrant9749

10 months ago

This is far and away the best documentary discussing the events of 536AD Iā€™ve ever watched. So informative, thoughtfully put together and detailed. Nothing else compares.

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@jxmbusab

11 months ago

Wish I'd had this when I was still teaching. I did deep dives into the 6th and 14th centuries with my kids (even the Avars!), and on top of the interesting Krakatoa theory, it's such a great way to show that global interconnectedness is not a 20-21st century innovation.

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@cognitivedissidents4642

11 months ago

This first aired as part of the PBS series, ā€œSecrets of the Deadā€ And remains one of my favorites. Great to be able to see it again!

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@315315Barbara

11 months ago

Very interesting. In my country, Peru, there was a pre-Inka civilization that suddenly disappeared by the VII century, Chimu civilization. Archeologists have blamed to El NiƱo for it, but it is not difficult to see the connection between El NiƱo and the volcanic eruption.

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@HoofHearted88

11 months ago

The supercomputer used to compute the blast of that volcano is less powerful than the mobile phone I play a stupid game on while taking a dump. I wish I had that man's abilities to use my own supercomputer to the same extent. Very impressive, as is the entire doc. Thank you for uploading.

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@davidjohanson8964

11 months ago

I guess the name Dark Ages is more fitting than we knew.

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@katharper655

11 months ago

And they thought Mt. St. Helens was a bugger! Ten years ago, I went to Oregon to visit family who were there when the eruption occurred. They were STILL dealing with the fallout of that eruption...having to dig out the Columbia River shipping channel...still digging out the Toutle River Valley..blown-down old growth timber washing up on the Washington and Oregon Coasts. Thirty- some years after the initial event. And St. Helens was a hiccup compared with Krakatoa.

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@dirtydenny2011

11 months ago

The computers are so awesome, and old. I love watching old documentaries like this for that reason. They always show footage of someone on a computer. I love seeing the old equipment and like to see if I can figure out the age of the documentary by the type of equipment they're using.

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@walterlahaye2128

11 months ago

Fascinating detail by Mike Bailey and David Keys on what kind of weather information they were able to tell us in world history through trees, and other amazing examples!

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@grovermartin6874

11 months ago

What phenomenal cinematography!! The narration, the scenery, the sound -- who did all this? I award this an Academy Award! And I've only been watching for 15 minutes! Wow, thank you!!

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@lisasommerlad1337

7 months ago

The book, "Catastrophe", is one of my most treasured books, and has helped me through many difficult times ..

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@seatizen-rtb

7 months ago

Amazing information! Iā€™m hooked with the era because the year 536 CE was on Professorā€™s Robert Dull mind in which the responsible was ilopango caldera volcano in El Salvador. Recently Professor Ivan Sunye-Puchol narrowed the eruption to 431 CE by sampling a tree as well. I been diving and studying ilopango since 1996. We keep an eye on a lava dome with fumaroles present. Highest temperature I have registered at 23 meters underwater is 58Ā°C. The caldera is such an active volcano. Iā€™m in the middle of generating an animation of the last eruption it had in 1879-1880. I enjoyed so much the documentary. Thanks.

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@Darren-jo4if

11 months ago

This chronology is so clever, mankind would be without its knowledge if it were left to me... Its so amazing that the world records its history for those intelligent enough to read it...

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@HalifaxHercules

11 months ago

The 9th century had another great catastrophe, one that would split up the Athabaskan or Na-Dene peoples of Northwestern North America. In fact, around the 9th century, a major volcanic eruption occurred in Alaska's, known as the White River Ash Eruption, which displaced numerous Athabaskan peoples, notably the Navajo, Apache, Chippewa, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, and Chiricahua peoples to the Modern Day Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. These Native American groups were separated from its Northern Athabaskan/Na-Dene counterparts, including the Koyukon, Tanana, Ahtna, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Han, Gwich'in, Tutchone, Tagish, Tlingit, Kaska, Chipewyan, South Slavey (Dene Zhatie), North Slavey (Sahtu), and Dogrib (Tlicho). If you ever wonder why Navajo artifacts, clothing, and language sound and look similar to counterparts in Yukon, Northwest Territories (Denendeh), and Alaska, its due to the fact that the Navajo and native peoples of Northwestern North America are related.

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@peterbeyer5755

1 year ago

Great detective research in acquiring wood used in ancient buildings to look at tree rings.

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@Unknown_Web_User

11 months ago

I am so glad that I have found this channel, actually interesting documentaries

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@adamwalcott_official

11 months ago

David Keys' book "Catastrophe: A Quest for the Origins of the Modern World" is fascinating.

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@madzen112

11 months ago

Brilliant reading of data. Simply brilliant.

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