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Created: 2025-07-19 19:03:58 UTC

Multiple Volcanic Eruptions (c. 536–547 AD).. Ice core samples from Greenland and Antarctica show a major volcanic eruption in XXX AD, followed by two more in XXX and XXX AD. These eruptions injected vast amounts of sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, blocking sunlight. 

The first eruption in XXX led to a dramatic drop in temperatures worldwide. Contemporary observers, like the Byzantine historian Procopius, described the sun as dim and bluish, giving only weak light.. “like the moon.”

Tree-ring data shows abnormally poor growth in Irish oaks and other trees, confirming a climatic downturn.

The resulting crop failures triggered famine across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This set the stage for the Justinian Plague (starting in XXX AD), one of the first recorded pandemics, which killed tens of millions across the Byzantine Empire and beyond.


XX engagements

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