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re: What was the darkest period in human history?
Posted on 6/18/18 at 8:42 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 6/18/18 at 8:42 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I am not sure you can name a certain period as the "darkest period". It's all relative.
With that said, I think we are living in probably the best time, in human history, despite the perception many people have.
With that said, I think we are living in probably the best time, in human history, despite the perception many people have.
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Posted on 6/18/18 at 8:57 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I bet living anywhere in Europe, including eastern Russia, during the Black Plague probably was not fun.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 8:59 pm to OweO
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despite the perception many people have
So true. It's laughable how so many people whine about their 1st world problems.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 9:03 pm to Jim Rockford
Not sure if serious. Did it also wipe out all the evidence of said civilizations? Like pottery middens, any stone tablets or ruins? Evidence of crop production?
Posted on 6/18/18 at 9:07 pm to Tigerhead
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It's laughable how so many people whine about their 1st world problems.
I don't get it either. People probably complain more now than ever and with the constant news coming through on social media, across our phones, etc.. It's easy to think that there is so much more going on in the world today.. But we just simply hear about things more..
Posted on 6/18/18 at 9:13 pm to Lima Whiskey
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Rome
I just got back from Italy. Rome was by far the worst city we visited. 1500 years later, the place is still a dump.
Pompei though, wow. Those poor people.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 9:57 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Off the top of my head, I would say the late ‘70s during the rule of communist dictators Pol Pot and chairman Mao. Both tried to force their countries to turn back to agrarian societies, which resulted in a good portion of their citizens starving to death. Had to be a brutal time to try to survive and affected many millions of people.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 10:14 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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the Crusades
Nah, the number of people actually involved in the crusades was actually much much fewer than people realize. Also it wasnt strictly along religious lines either. At various points Muslims attacked Muslims and Muslims teamed up with Christians to kill off various competitors.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 10:18 pm to Dire Wolf
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1914-1950
Two deadliest wars in history
Rise of communism in both Russian and China
Jewish and Armenian Genocide
Two nukes dropped
Nanking
Countless historic cities bombed out
This. WWI was no joke, it literally changed the map of Europe forever and setup basically every problem you see in the middle east today because the Ottoman empire collapsed.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 10:19 pm to TigerStripes06
Communist purges in the Soviet Union
Stalin made Hitler look like an Amateur.
Stalin made Hitler look like an Amateur.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 10:25 pm to Dire Wolf
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1914-1950
Two deadliest wars in history
Rise of communism in both Russian and China
Jewish and Armenian Genocide
Two nukes dropped
Nanking
Countless historic cities bombed out
And Spanish flu
Posted on 6/18/18 at 11:22 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
20th century was pretty dark WWI, WWII, Cold War, Holocaust, Iran-Iraq War, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Areminian, Rwandan Genocides etc...
Posted on 6/18/18 at 11:31 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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Probably when the volcano Toba erupted 70k years ago and caused a massive volcanic winter that lasted a decade and almost caused the extinction of man
Posted on 6/19/18 at 12:03 am to AA77
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20th century was pretty dark WWI, WWII, Cold War, Holocaust, Iran-Iraq War, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Areminian, Rwandan Genocides etc...
And Spanish flu
Posted on 6/19/18 at 12:06 am to biglego
Before S received his servants
Posted on 6/19/18 at 12:15 am to NYNolaguy1
WW1 was the great tragedy that precipated so much awfulness. The 20th century was just one, unending, tragedy for Europe.
I don’t know how you avoid the war though. The French wouldn’t accept Germany’s position as the continental heavyweight.
I don’t know how you avoid the war though. The French wouldn’t accept Germany’s position as the continental heavyweight.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 12:21 am to Lima Whiskey
The European tragedy is still ongoing.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 12:23 am to RougeDawg
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The WWII Museum has a section on what the Japs did to the Koreans and Chinese. Germans didn't have anything, or much, on the Japs.
The Japanese did some sick things even before ww2.
Check out The Nanking Massacre
They did unspeakable things to the Chinese
I'm not saying this is the darkest period or anything, but just stating the Japanese military was insane.. and I'm not sure how we could ever trusted them during this period of time. It was literally right before WW2 I believe..
I am no history buff though..
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 12:31 am
Posted on 6/19/18 at 1:39 am to VolsOut4Harambe
The dark ages between 1973 until 1982, when St. Patrick cast out the serpent and the light of Heaven once again shined down on God's country.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 5:41 am to VolsOut4Harambe
The years preceding the discovery of fire.
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