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re: What was the darkest period in human history?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 5:55 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 6/19/18 at 5:55 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Fall of Rome to the around 1600. It's no coincidence that the period called the dark ages was when religion had the most control over government.
I think the argument could be made that since nuclear weapons have been developed we are in the darkest age. With the wrong leaders in power we can go extinct in the course of an afternoon with a few buttons being pushed. We have basically been living with a gun to our head for the last 70 or so hears
I think the argument could be made that since nuclear weapons have been developed we are in the darkest age. With the wrong leaders in power we can go extinct in the course of an afternoon with a few buttons being pushed. We have basically been living with a gun to our head for the last 70 or so hears
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 6:04 am
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:04 am to Tigeralum2008
That is a horrible, horrible, horrible historical fallacy.
1.the “fal” of the western Roman Empire was a good thing and the only reason it “fell” is because the various peoples didn’t want to support a wholly dumb empire that was enslaving large swaths of the population.
2. The Middle Ages were generally a more peaceful time than the periods that surrounded them. You have mass genocide happening pretty consistently in the classical era between different groups (mithradates massacring 80k Romans in s surprise attack in one day, etc) and wars were more destructive in the 1500s and 1600s till World War 1.
3. The reformation period of the 1500s was far more repressed than most of the Middle Ages in general. Use of torture ramped up in Europe at this time. A lot of this is due to the religious wars going on but in general, there seemed to be more chaos in general.
I could go on and on and on.
1.the “fal” of the western Roman Empire was a good thing and the only reason it “fell” is because the various peoples didn’t want to support a wholly dumb empire that was enslaving large swaths of the population.
2. The Middle Ages were generally a more peaceful time than the periods that surrounded them. You have mass genocide happening pretty consistently in the classical era between different groups (mithradates massacring 80k Romans in s surprise attack in one day, etc) and wars were more destructive in the 1500s and 1600s till World War 1.
3. The reformation period of the 1500s was far more repressed than most of the Middle Ages in general. Use of torture ramped up in Europe at this time. A lot of this is due to the religious wars going on but in general, there seemed to be more chaos in general.
I could go on and on and on.
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 6:06 am
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:07 am to celltech1981
The “dark ages” are from 450 AD to 1000 AD. Not from 450 to 1600. Also, the 1500s are considered the modern age
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 6:10 am
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:09 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Pre-Peptides
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:09 am to TigerStripes06
The period immediately after the Bubonic plague was the biggest economic boom in history and is the direct reason for the formation of the Rennisance so if you could survive it, you might strike out pretty well.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:12 am to athenslife101
1066, right? I kind of extend it to cover the whole protestant reformation and shite like that. Like you said in one of your other posts torture really got ramped up. Religious persecution was ramped up as well.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:16 am to AbuTheMonkey
Known world, Timur was pretty centrally locates in Asia with some forays into Russia and the caucuses.
Also, the 100 years War was pretty benign for the most part. Battles in Western Europe were generally pretty small scale and when they did happen, casualties were generally light.
Also, the 100 years War was pretty benign for the most part. Battles in Western Europe were generally pretty small scale and when they did happen, casualties were generally light.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:21 am to VolsOut4Harambe
What about Stalin's regimes killing how many? Pol Pot? etc etc etc? Obama?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:23 am to celltech1981
Yeah, I just don’t consider the Middle Ages in general to be comparable to the modern age of 1500 to 1700 in darkest time periods. Sure, lots of bad stuff happened, but no where to the scale that preceded and followed it.
Hell, I remember reading about Italy in the 1450s and it was talking about how the Florentines were shocked when fighting the French because Italian battles generally had very few casualties to make death not very common.
Hell, I remember reading about Italy in the 1450s and it was talking about how the Florentines were shocked when fighting the French because Italian battles generally had very few casualties to make death not very common.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:54 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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Nazi Germany
Anyone who thinks this even comes close to darkest shite in history needs to read a book. The Germans weren't even the darkest mfers during WWII.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:05 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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What was the darkest period in human history?
Probably the last night before fire was discovered.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:35 am to beauchristopher
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Check out The Nanking Massacre
I knew about it previously but just read up on it in depth.
Holy mfn shite.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:43 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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What was the darkest period in human history
That year and a half that McDonalds stopped selling the McRib.
I didn't think I'd make it through that dark dark truly tragic time in human history.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:47 am to jimbeam
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2016 onward until the foreseeable future (Trump no longer president)
-Democrats everywhere
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:48 am to VolsOut4Harambe
After the asteriod that killed the dinosaurs hit, the earth was plunged into years of darkness when debris and gas was caught in the atmosphere.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:58 am to athenslife101
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That is a horrible, horrible, horrible historical fallacy.
1.the “fal” of the western Roman Empire was a good thing and the only reason it “fell” is because the various peoples didn’t want to support a wholly dumb empire that was enslaving large swaths of the population.
2. The Middle Ages were generally a more peaceful time than the periods that surrounded them. You have mass genocide happening pretty consistently in the classical era between different groups (mithradates massacring 80k Romans in s surprise attack in one day, etc) and wars were more destructive in the 1500s and 1600s till World War 1.
3. The reformation period of the 1500s was far more repressed than most of the Middle Ages in general. Use of torture ramped up in Europe at this time. A lot of this is due to the religious wars going on but in general, there seemed to be more chaos in general.
I could go on and on and on.
Who says that warfare and genocide are the prerequisites to define "dark"?
The westernized definition of the "fall of Rome" to 1500 featured very little innovation, incredibly bad living conditions for the commoner, and medical treatments based more on religion than science.
WWII killed 60M people, The Black Death killed 50M in the first pandemic and 1/3 of Europe in the second.
Feudalism ruled the world essentially enslaving most of the human population to their landowner nobility.
Life expectancy was 31 years!!!
Of all the historical periods in human history, that timeframe would be the last one I'd choose to live.
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 10:37 am
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:59 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I predict that it hasn't come yet. Once significant life is found on another planet, all shite will break loose.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 10:04 am to NYNolaguy1
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Muslims teamed up with Christians to kill off various competitors.
I saw a documentary about that
Posted on 6/19/18 at 10:17 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Black plague
Posted on 6/19/18 at 10:53 am to ColoradoAg03
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The dark ages
AKA, When the Church was in Charge.
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