Krakatoa: The Volcanic Eruption That Changed The Course Of History | Catastrophe | Timeline

A devastating volcanic eruption in A.D. 535 leads to the emergence of new nations and religions.
Written records from China, Italy, Palestine and many other countries suggest a huge catastrophe blighted the world in 536AD. But the cause of it has been 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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[@terryrodbourn2793]

Well 2020 in my 50 years is worst year in my Life! Crazy Weather and crazy people going crazy and others trying to annoying as possible!

[@susierosido790]

The ash from volcanos is full of minute particles of glass. Do not breathe it.

[@williamfife1476]

@@terryrodbourn2793 9a!!!!±

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Timeline, what the History Channel used to be.

[@charliefortney3445]

Gyg33

[@NSO82]

2020: "This is the worst year ever!" 536AD: "Hold my goblet!"

[@sbarr10]

ROFL. Yes, we tend to forget what our ancestors went through.

[@TheShmoo123]

@Connor Hall .....yep, me too.....I spluttered me tea down me top!

[@lelandthompson2267]

You have a goblet in your hand so it can't be all that bad. You can go to the store and buy apples and grapes... U Can watch old British movies on KZbin for free with no commercials... You must work in the media.lol

[@linaleon5734]

🤣🤣🤣

[@maxpower1337]

😂

[@bucketeer7087]

As a person who has lived in 536 A.D, I can confirm that this is true.

[@lucus1345]

It’s great to see you keeping up with modern technology. You’ve lived through so much!

[@Daniel509476]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gordonfreeman9634]

Same

[@kinddave27]

Wow. Thank for inventing toilet Papper

[@bucketeer7087]

@@lucus1345 yep, this modern technology is rather confusing at some points.

[@bobbythorman7421]

My Grandmother was born in Western N.S.W. Australia in 1880 and died in 1970.She clearly recalled the ash cloud which caused the vibrant red sunsets for years after.She told me that in later years her mother told her she heard a rumble at the time but it took a long time for details to arrive in the news paper, being so far from the cities.It was then that she knew what she had heard.

[@barbarabobbyscott1560]

Thank you for retelling Grandma's eyewitness account as well as what Greatgrandma told her daughter. I t is important that our elders speak of these things and refreshing when children listen.

[@slay2525]

There was a big volcano irruption in the Philippines in 1991. The ash that it sent up increased cloud cover and rainfall the next year, resulting in it raining nearly every weekend in the summer of 1992. I was living with my girlfriend‘s family that summer. That summer sucked we were cooped up every weekend and got sick of each other and subsequently broke up when I went back to law school. Free years I wondered about all the rain and how it affected our relationship. I only found out about this Filipino volcano 10 years ago and put it together.Modern life ain’t easy.

[@ALSILVERU2]

@@slay2525 i was doing time in S. Korea those depressing years 🌏

[@ALSILVERU2]

@@slay2525 Need to explain better, I was in Az. summer 91 and then S. Korea by June or July. I was in Texas summer 92. Also, sorry about your struggles too, those periods. Funny how it's so long ago and doesn't hurt anymore, of things you lost then.. I lost highschool sweetheart by summer 92 and my world ended. lol She's married kids and we chat online every once in awhile. It took many years to get over her and today, I can just look at her like a friend I need nothing further than that. It took a ton of dating and many years to lose that younger pain. I can also say in Texas, it rained alot too that summer, every weekend was a damper on things.

[@slay2525]

@@ALSILVERU2 Well, the next summer in 93, I attended a summer law school program in Florence, Italy and met the true love of my life, a local Fiorentina. Her family was prominent in Florence and they had a villa/winery outside of Florence in Greve in Chianti. That summer was just like the movie, A walk in the clouds, with Keanu Reeves. We fell in love, we got engaged, but when I had to return to the USA in fall 1994 to begin my law career, the relationship ended. She was the whole package, beauty, brains, elegance, style, a la Sophia Lauren. I was/am a great guy but not enough to rip her away from her La Dolce Vita world in Florence and Italy to live with a working class attorney in the USA. Life moves on. Anyway, the weather patterns in the summer of 93 in Italy were interesting, there were strong winds out of the Sahara bringing the heat and the sand into Italy. The sun down sky was red and it was hot, practically 100 degrees F, every day. We were together every moment after June and took August on Stomboli. I ended up coming back in the fall and staying with her during my final year of law school because attendence was not required. It was a wonderful time, I never sleep because I did not want to miss anything. There were some attempts to rekindle the relationship, but they never worked out, I last communicated with her in 2004, but it was difficult for her, she was married and having a baby and she asked me not to call her again. Great memories. Now, my world is dominated by my daughter born in 2009 (the little thing in my profile pic) ... I would not have it any other way.

[@autumnowl9746]

I was born in one of regency in Indonesia, its name Pandeglang. But I grew up, study and now work in another city. But I always visit my hometown at least once a year. My village is surrounded by three mountains; Pulosari, Karang, and Aseupan. One of it 'stands' like a wall, separated my area with the strait/sea where the Krakatoa is located. When I went to my hometown I liked to visit stream or small river, and I always amazed by big rock that seems like scattered fell from the sky, that's my thought when I was kid. Now I'm 30. Later I thought, was that rock or stone came from mount eruption, but which mounts? Since my hometown is surrounded by three mountains, I mentioned above. And after I searched I don't find any record about erruption from three mountains I mentioned above. I never had a thought it came from Krakatoa until I watched this. I checked Google earth and took the straight line from my village to Krakatoa caldera right now, it's around 70 km away only. Anything is possible. One of my favourites rock is the rock which as big as dining table, almost 2 meter in diameter and height. I hope someday the scientist comes to my hometown to explore more about Krakatoa impacts. ~u

[@marymorris6897]

Thank you for posting this. I believe that there is a lot of study concerning Krakatoa. Indonesia is a wonderful place for the study of volcanoes.

[@alexandercarlson919]

So many things that i thought could not be explained were proved very plausable here, simply amazing.

[@B2727]

Who else is watching this in 2020 to try and feel better

[@tweederslatour4105]

Mailing in my ballot today so ya this is downright cheery. Well after my cannibutter coffee.

[@Dollgrl1]

Tweeders Latour Lucky you , I wish I had a canna butter maker !

[@Dollgrl1]

Me 👋🏼😄

[@allisonhancockpresley6247]

Yep

[@noblelies]

Only other delicate people in need of a "safe space".

[@IcemanJuice]

The fact this is being recommended in 2020 speaks for itself

[@NasKarina27]

IcemanJuice that part

[@moelee8938]

2020 isn’t that bad, could be worse

[@jokecorn9993]

@@moelee8938DONT JINX IT

[@indy_go_blue6048]

It's been up for 3 years. Did you recently watch a Timeline or other disaster-type video?

[@korswe]

It hasn’t been all that bad (knock on wood). Disruptive innovations are allowing people to work from home. I no longer HAVE to go get my groceries at a brick-mortar store. Instacart says that I have saved 80 hours from not having to shop at grocery stores so far this year. I’ve spent those 2 weeks in savings on Youtubing though. LOL

[@rudranil-c]

I am from India, and I was wondering what was going around at this time in the Indian subcontinent (considering all the political upheaval mentioned in the video going on so close to India). I found something very interesting, exactly around this period, the Golden age of India that of the Gupta dynasty came to an end. One archeologist, Mr Shanker Sharma said in 2019 that the end came due to a great flood around 550 AD that devastated the land ruled by the dynasty. I wonder!!!!! :O

[@TheSamuiman]

These events happened in the deep times of kali yug, that lasts according to Sri Yukteswar Giri, for 1200 years and ended 1699! Follow the historical development and bang! All of a sudden electric energy, steam engines and therewith the industrial revolution rang in. I believe very much in cosmic cycles steering such events!

[@muricamarine9473]

@@TheSamuiman im starting to think that i need to write things for my offsprings

[@TheSamuiman]

@@muricamarine9473 Do it, more and more of personal experience and knowledge gets lost or is very much distorted for click-bait! There is an unbelievable hap of nonesense and BS on the web, but also in print....!

[@dalrok]

@@TheSamuiman Sri Yukteswar Giri was a Guru and Astrologist. His 'Yuga theory' and 'Holy Science' are made up nonsense and have nothing to do with real history.

[@keerthi3086]

That's very interesting.

[@RichardTattersall]

Thanks, so glad I came across this fascinating documentary. Many questions of our historic evolution are enlightened by the answers provided by events spawned of the occurrence of this natural disaster.

[@carolinebarna5015]

No matter what we are going through now, I truly believe I am so lucky to have lived in this timeline! We are pretty spoiled and have not had to endure such hardships as it was back then or even just 100 years ago. No fear! Only gratitude!

[@schizy]

So true. Only the current blacks have any comparison of suffering to those in 500 AD.

[@ihateregistrationbul]

I can still eat.

[@josephlee4337]

Caroline Barna, I like the way you see things.

[@aaronlippincott7385]

we're on the _very same_ timeline of those people unless you think this is a documentary on parallel universes

[@aaronlippincott7385]

@@schizy you've never visited a 3rd world country, have you?

[@miskyfr]

Oh god... This must've been terrible for the stock market

[@davethompson3326]

No stimulus bailouts for corps either

[@Jagonath]

Sky: Rain's ash upon all humanity. Trump: It will disappear! Like a miracle!

[@zengi7]

Not if you have invested in cows, apparently.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

@@Jagonath The tests are in, the tests are beautiful

[@jeffschlarb4965]

@@davethompson3326 PELOSI Heroes Act had "RESTORE SALT TAX WRITE OFF" $150 Million tax cut for Democrat SUPER DONOR Mike Bloomberg alone

[@brooklynnchick]

Another excellent program! I appreciate greatly the consideration and inclusion of South American and Central American civilizations. There are many documentaries which claim a global focus when what they focus on is really European and North American history. Well done 👍🏽

[@aldomassimi4704]

The eastern Roman Empire depended on wheat imports from Egypt. The crop failures due to the volcanic eruption made this trade even more essential. Ivory trade probably not a major factor, although as seen with the Black Plague much later, all it takes is 1 ship to spread the disease across continents.

[@ivodepivo21]

All it takes is a powerful volcanic eruption to cause a event like the Black Plaque.

[@uscgbmcmretired2490]

My opinion: Man's ability to recreate historical events like this is just incredible! Thanks to those who brought about this documentary!

[@su....]

agreed!

[@divaysawhney3517]

How does man cause a volcanic eruption

[@majcorbin]

[Q] What is the worst place, in a hospital, to Play Hide & Go seek? [A] Intensive care unit (ICU)

[@tiade5530]

@@majcorbin I needed this today

[@nbawinningtips]

Cmon man theres no way they could know what happened then,,these are all assumptions

[@moolattegirl]

Dr. Storey (the archaeologist who discussed the bones found in Mexico) was my osteology instructor at the University of Houston. What a surprise to see her!

[@Afreon]

John Hines (during the section on Britain) was my lecturer for Anglo-Saxon England at Uni! It's cool seeing your old professors on telly

[@heatherjsews]

How cool!!

[@1jimcore1]

I can't tell you how much I love the look on the guy's face at the opening of this documentary such seriousness the look of impending doom great face great documentary

[@toni4729]

Terrific show. Thank you for the information right from the tree rings through to the end.

[@jackedavocado8689]

This gives "The dark ages" a totally new perspective in a literal sense.

[@gusargoan]

Yeah, no light bulbs anywhere.

[@bradyhowell7030]

@@gusargoan You animal.

[@leftgrrl]

@@gusargoan people planted light bulbs, but they just wouldn't grow ;)

[@godlessblessings7020]

@@gusargoan Mom, Dad; where's the self lighting candle *‽ ‽*

[@omarnoyola497]

Jacked Avocado I like your Name , research where That Original language is Avocado , Nahuatl language give Avocado their name , it Nahuatl it means Testicles .

[@32inzane]

If your watching this it means your family was a bunch of badasses because they withstood the odds of time, congrates to you and me for coming from an awesome group of humans.

[@carolinenorman6141]

nathan goodfellow wonderful lol 🌹

[@kirklarson4536]

Or dumb luck.

[@kirklarson4536]

@Roy Futrell Or all pervasive and for everyone. If you study evolution and genetic drift you see plain old dumb luck is a very powerful force.

[@cometman7953]

Now people dont have kids.

[@sitas9827]

nathan goodfellow That’s such a cool way of looking at it

[@santosakowski9846]

Remarkably interesting, the way they managed to tie it all together. I previously had no idea!

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Like many things in life, you don’t know what you don’t know.

[@billaddington831]

Awesome and amazing history. A must watch for anyone who cares about the future of all life on Earth.

[@TimelineChannel]

You think 2020 is bad? Just be glad you weren't around in 536 A.D...

[@GulNadar]

You just jinxed it. Thanks.

[@RollingThunder5880]

Ikr? So many morons.

[@j3lny425]

Well there was a 550AD. Is 2050 a slam dunk?

[@tleemf6923]

2020 isn't over yet

[@missfoxylocksnz]

Hindsights 2020 takes on a whole new meaning. Great doco 👍 👋 from New Zealand

[@davidhutchinson5233]

This was during the reign of Justinian, the last Eastern Roman Empire emperor who actually spoke Latin. His story is pretty awesome, especially that of his wife, Empress Theodora.

[@thepanel2935]

David, I need to speak to you about this issue. I'm planning a Doco film about Justinian - can we talk?

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I knew Theodora; what a piece of work she was...

[@carloscardoso6107]

@@dorianphilotheates3769 😆😆

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

carlos cardoso - 🙂

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

agree on Theodora. One of the most fascinating Roman emperors ever.

[@birdkiller06]

This was incredibly interesting and informative.

[@AndisweatherCenter]

The eruption was actually at 540 AD. There were two massive sulfur spikes in the Arctic the one from 535 was massive but the one from 540 A.D. was even more massive. Also climatological evidence showed that the volcanic vent from five 3580 mostly affected northern latitudes while equatorial regions were largely not affected while the 540 sulfur spike was also found in the southern hemisphere at the south pole. The 535 eruption was likely a northern latitude volcano with a VEI of a six or seven, and very likely the volcano was in Alaska and the reason we cannot find it at the moment is that it is entirely submerged just like Kuwae, The more powerful irruption actually happened in 540 AD so only five years later. And because it was not one but two massive super volcanic eruption‘s that is why everything after 535AD was so extreme because before the northern hemisphere especially Europe could recover from the 535 volcanic eruption, Krakatoa erupted with a volume several larger than the 1815 eruption of Tambora and that eruption formed a 30 km wide caldera. Tambora had an eruption a volume of 150 km³ while the 540 A.D. eruption was closer to 300 km³.

[@sherrattpemberton6089]

Interesting analysis. It makes sense that two catastrophic eruptions could cripple the ancient world. What makes you point to Alaska as the likely source of the first eruption?

[@wobblybobengland]

Concentrate on your communication skills, I can not fully understand what you have written there and I would like to.

[@letavoss5938]

Interesting

[@georgehays4908]

......the large quake of Lisbon was a warning . Check out Walter Veith's Total Onslaught series at Amazing Discoveries on KZbin ! Maranatha !

[@letavoss5938]

@@georgehays4908 What?

[@shidposting4011]

“2020 is the worst year ever!” 536 A.D: *laughs in Krakatoa*

[@bonniedrouillard3963]

They had the crazy dancing people too. Q.

[@clickbaitcharlie2329]

welease the kwaken!

[@LJ-ht4zs]

Yeah 2020 has been awful

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

No Krakatoa seriously laughed in 1883. You should read about it it's fascinating or watch a documentary about it's history. It nearly blew itself out of existence, two thirds of it was blown up and the sound of the explosion was heard around the world, it still remains the loudest sound ever recorded, not to mention the aftermath of the fallout from the emmisions being ejected anywhere from 30-50 miles into the air depending on which account you read or hear, the damage to the climate, to crops, to the weather, weird sunsets and colours in the sky. Absolutely terrible.

[@thetrumpettrue-dyshow5111]

Amen! Let’s call it what it is, and do our part to make 2021 better..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5a4fXiKqKemeqc

[@jaymardelacruz1542]

Welcome to another episode of "where quarantine has led me today"

[@retroguy9494]

Learning something is NEVER a bad thing. At least something good came out of it.

[@cheebaman4728]

Scamdemic. Stealing livelihoods daily.

[@kimberlypatton9634]

Yes.And we are ALL here because our distant ancestors were survivors ...

[@sandraritchie1568]

Lol

[@crunchies4me]

Nawwww you're here because you were curious lol after all there's so much to watch on KZbin that nobody could get thru it all in a lifetime. 🙂

[@cerberus2881]

Thank you ever so much for that rosy assessment. I feel so much better!

[@ernesttravers7517]

Excellent research and article Keep them coming when possible

[@benjiskyler7836]

"Oh, my sweet summer child. What do you know of bad years? Bad years are for volcanic eruptions that block out the sun for months." KZbin algorithm putting this documentary in my recommended videos feed

[@MauroBalbino001]

@Hunter D Things in Brazil are no better...

[@briangray7118]

kudos on the GOT nerdship

[@rickbarnett9274]

you re on the right track we have not had the poles flip, or a collapse of the ice shelf or an asteroid collision or an atmospheric burnoff - yet, but do not give up hope , there is still time for some natural force to beat Trump and it may be out of sync but it will not be artificial if one of those winters come@Hunter D

[@madoldbag6874]

The poles are on the move. DEW's are also attacking the North American craton. It's going to go off!

[@petersellers9219]

I don't think it's right to call Islam a world religion unless you mean in the context of world domination, subjugation etc

[@wind0wel]

Everyone's a gangster until Krakatoa erupts again.

[@scotts653]

Krakatoa's gangster 'till Yellowstone says "Hold my Buffalo Burger"

[@wallybonejengles5595]

It actually did this year in April. But it was a little one its on KZbin

[@forestdwellerresearch6593]

Yeah well...the volcanologists are most worried about the supervolcano in Italy though...everyone's a mafioso until Campi Fiegri erupts again lol :)

[@feroxk.9266]

i would rather be scared about Merapi than anything else that isnt a supervolcano like campi flegrei or yellowstone. it's said it has the potential to be a worse version of the Tambora eruption. Krakatoa literally drowned itself again and wont be much of a threat like in the 1880's. i actually doubt it will ever grow as big again as in that period while humans are alive.

[@steviebro0538]

@@scotts653 Yellowstone gangster until a LIP (Large Igneous Province) erupts.

[@Research0digo]

It is only 1:40, I am watching, eagerly anticipating this info - then I spot this man's library through the windows - oh how I adore people's libraries. I wonderful personal libraries like these are sublime happiness to me. I chose the place I call home because of a single wall of built-in bookshelves, and expanded it as soon as I had time. Wine is divine & candy is dandy, but my silverfish all have names.

[@grimtt]

Like when you go to someone’s home or office for the first time and you can’t pay attention to what they are saying because you’re too busy reading the titles of books on the shelves...

[@grimtt]

@7 Haunted Days 😂 lock me in and throw away the key!

[@lindabranigan2460]

ResearchOdigo Keeping with your rhyming roll, Are your silverfishes names Dish, Swish and Wish?

[@Ignirium]

I don't enjoy reading yet i love learning, I'm stuck in between

[@grimtt]

@@Ignirium The fact that you are still curious is the main thing! I am “spoiled“ by learning thru listening, to audiobooks, podcasts, etc. especially when my eyes are tired!

[@carolinegray7510]

Catastrophe is a book by David Keys. In depth explanation of how the world of 536 was affected in climatically, politically, and religiously. How nations rose and fell through the starvation and death caused by the plague. Impressively like the world situation is now. An excellent study.

[@RichSmithson]

Lake Taupo (New Zealand Super Volcano) went up around 200AD and the Chinese and Romans wrote about their sky being a red/orange colour. Thats pretty impressive when you consider New Zealand is in the southern hemisphere.

[@RandomUser25122]

“Politicians should pay more attention to the past”....true, but they don’t even think beyond the next 4 years......😳

[@mike-0451]

Why should they? The president that comes after will just reverse whatever he did.

[@dnmurphy48]

There are no opinion polls about the past so they are not interested.

[@markpurdy6694]

So, do you want them to think about the past, or beyond the next four years? These people don't give a damn about the truth of what happened in the past. They are being paid by people with a 2020 agenda. They give these scientists grants to go out and prove what they want to be proven. They back up their future plans with a phoney past.

[@jackedavocado8689]

2Pac- They dont give a F**** about US!!

[@joshellsworth355]

Is this an ascended monarchism take?

[@elizabethshaw734]

I lived in Morocco and the archaeological digs are finding some amazing things especially useful in dating the eruption and following plague.

[@jeffborne1]

Fabulous presentation. Thank you.

[@parkb5320]

Timeline: Why 536 AD was the worst year in history. 2020: Sit down, it’s only October...

[@nikitakuznetsov8446]

*Already October.

[@ronronguerrero]

@@nikitakuznetsov8446 my thoughts LOL

[@oisnowy5368]

Let's be honest, this year so far hasn't been as bad as 536. We had people complaining about their mental health because they had to stay at home. That's an utter luxury when compared to failing harvests and the real plague. Come on.

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

don't bring that meme here

[@Commonlogicguy]

Two months still for a chance at nuclear winter?

[@zakisofwan7182]

i live in indonesia. my city is only 350km/180 miles from krakatoa. in 2018 krakatoa had a minor eruption and created a tsunami that killed 100 people. that volcano is not dormant and pretty active. we better brace ourself guys.

[@tristanband4003]

It's no joke. No wonder Krakatoa was attributed divinity: wrath of the gods personified.

[@alfredsutton7233]

Thanks for the “local” report. Looks likes we may look back on 2020 as a pretty normal year.

[@retroguy9494]

@@tristanband4003 Or we did it to ourselves through manmade climate change.

[@tristanband4003]

@@retroguy9494 climate doesn't affect volcanos.

[@retroguy9494]

@@tristanband4003 Are you sure about that one? I don't know much about volcanos being from the mainland United States and all.

[@wilhelmtaylor9863]

Totally engrossing. Thank you for this.

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the information.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams...................................

[@jamesalexander3530]

Tennessee Williams? Wrong, it was Kentucky Bourbon

[@Sameoldfitup]

@@jamesalexander3530 prove it then love.

[@vicsaul5459]

and tennessee williams was born in colombus mississippi, thats why he was called, ? ... ...

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Yes it has

[@EmmaSpAce111]

bruh, you can't just drop this on us without warning. I wasn't prepared for my third existiental crisis of the day yet

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

"2020 is the worst year ever" 536: "Hold my hippocras"

[@jeffschlarb4965]

1177 BC The Year Civilization Collapsed kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKCaq2uGaaeghtE

[@danadowning2065]

We still have a month left....

[@thecrown_jul]

2020 isn't even worse than the year 1347 lol

[@zacharyellison4189]

Hold my watered down lead wine

[@geetachhabra3115]

Amazzzzing information, And information is Scarrrry!

[@toni4729]

Yes, I often wondered about the cause of the "Dark Ages" Interesting subject.

[@stillaworkinprogress2147]

The fires we had in Sept. here in the Northwest had caused so much smoke that you couldn't see the sun during the days. It was still very warm, but it was forecasted for the weather to be in the high 90 degree temp. range over a 5 day period. Instead, due to the thick smoke, it only got up to the high 70's to very low 80's. It was a small local experience of what a catastrophic event, such as a massive volcanic eruption could cause to the world.

[@pricilladummie1189]

Still a Work In Progress I’m here in eastern Washington and what you say is true. So Smokey and low 70s when it was supposed to be in the 90s. I wish I could upload pics in comments here. It was crazy

[@_deadeye]

I live in socal. Its been hot and smoky here. About 90 degrees consistently

[@delta.6160]

Testing 123 Same, I where I live (Ventura county) the smoke has pretty much cleared. Air quality still isn’t the best though.

[@charlieangkor8649]

you could see the sun on the KZbin

[@JTuaim]

Check out Victor Schauberg on you tube.

[@jon1805]

that computer simulation of the volcano erupting was absolutely horrifying.

[@GrantTarredus]

I agree with you, Jon. But if you want to see a simulation of a volcano erupting that’s scary enough to leave you shaken, let me urge that you watch this. And if you can play KZbin on a large screen TV please do so, with the volume turned up a bit. I’ve watched this several times over the years, and it always blows me away. Everyone I’ve shown it to so far has found it frightening and moving, and perhaps you’ll agree. kzbin.info/www/bejne/morCZJqdgMxjeMU

[@DatLadyBitchKilla]

*ahem* that's a super computer

[@magtovi]

I know right, terrible graphics.

[@pericbowen4958]

Most of the islands in the area of the eruption were left barren for a few decades... or at least in low population compared to what it was before the eruption. At least ... 2 million people in the 100 mile radius of the eruption... died... either of the blast... or starvation after the eruption.

[@lawnerddownunder3461]

@@GrantTarredus wow, that was frightening just on my phone! Thanks for the link

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

Absolutely fascinating

[@jamesm6576]

The significance...I had no idea. Great documentary

[@alexstephens5877]

Volcanoes, man. They really are nature's reset button.

[@adarsh6857]

I think if we can't reverse the climatic changes, mother earth will do for us sooner or later. Only issue would be mass extinctions

[@scarletmilk805]

I don't know why but this made me giggle lol

[@chrismacdonald4570]

Volcanoes, man= A declarative statement. Volcanoes man= Super hero or villian The comma is powerful

[@dyetscott]

@Hotepmuhdykkk Knjgjurz the Western powers are responsible for the refuge problem their support for terrorism basically fighting the so called chosen ones war's

[@steve-usmcvet8934]

Volcanoes are mother nature's answer to global warming.

[@CuriousInquiror]

As our favorite Green Bay quarterback would say, "a bad year now would've been the best year ever for most other times in human history"

[@foofookachoo1136]

DEFINITELY!!!!!!!

[@dansdoves3650]

That's what he said when he lost to Brady and the Bucs.Oh I thought it said for most other teams in human history..lol

[@nameface9820]

Didn't know that one, love it. These stupid masks are probably better than carrying around a bunch of snakes and leaches,..

[@MPier]

of course most of the human history is a classified information that only the secret societies know the available details of it and unfortunately they're the ones producing these "documentaries" and the text books to cement the mis-information

[@D.Appeltofft]

Yours still do that? Mine couldn' t be bothered. He just tells me to take two leaches and call him in the morning. That's public healthcare for you.

[@suzannesheridan9535]

This series is fascinating.

[@margaretjohnson6259]

fascinating. thank you. especially with the latest eruption of hunga tonga hunga ha'apai volcano.

[@Gracie.Gardener]

There was also a terrible volcanic eruption in 1816 that resulted in the year without a summer, as it was known. It caused massive crop failure because there was often frost and snow through the growing season.

[@carolblakeman2312]

Also heavy rains in Europe and the crops were flooded there.

[@raylocke282]

Why wasnt every thing wiped out ?

[@brandmotivo]

Stating the obvious.

[@Misskittenfish71]

I can relate, every time I crack-a-toe-a on something it creates an absolutely vast explosion of curse words.

[@pedrosilvaaraujo270]

Wildly under-upvoted comment

[@flipsiderainbow]

🤣😂🤣😂🙊🙉🙈

[@f.m.8916]

Omg 😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@juanevangelista3924]

Made my day😁

[@markharrisllb]

It’s funny because it’s so true!

[@karldavis7392]

The term "two thousand, million" is a really confusing way to say "two billion"

[@FlyingTigress]

In Great Britain, a billion used to be defined as a million million, not 1000 million as it was defined in the U.S..

[@karldavis7392]

@@FlyingTigress then what did they call 10^9?

[@leszek2499]

@@karldavis7392 Milliard

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@FlyingTigress Same in Sweden. Miljard = 10^9, Biljon = 10^12.

[@uwehofker8801]

Also in Germany Milliarden

[@tomfleck5812]

Fantastic documentary.

[@TiempoNuevo-ew7ty]

I want to thank all those who have worked on this video in any way. I especially give a huge thank you to all of the researchers. This video was extremely well done. This is as expert and professional as dealing with all the information can possibly get.

[@TroglodyteDiner]

The 1815 eruption of Tambora led to the 1816 Summer that wasn't, which included blizzards in July.

[@odysseus2656]

Yes. On a personal note, my Great Great Great Grandfather was killed in 1817 when a freak storm came up and blew a tree onto him. What I found interesting was seeing a show on this eruption and that 1817 also was a terrible year with weird weather including freak storms with high winds in that part of the world that summer that he died. So I think my ancestor died due to that eruption affecting the weather.

[@andrjsh]

It also led to the initial designs for the bicycle, since horses were dying for want of oats, and to the horror genre, when Mary Shelly and her friends were holed up in their villa on Lake Como and held a story-writing contest to pass the miserable rainy days.

[@demomoore7168]

Let us not forget the 1811 New Madrid earthquake that widened the Mississippi River and made it flow backwards a few months

[@chrisvickers7928]

I Europe the year without a summer was made worse by the hundreds of thousands of men displaced by the war returning home to little food because too many had been away not farming. of men

[@glennalexon1530]

Everything "change(s) the course of human history forever". That's what human history is.

[@quadq6598]

Excellent, thanks

[@jumpinjakeflash1]

Well-written and produced. Not only informative but entertaining. Thanks for making this available.

[@makeshift_battlefield_music]

"He's put all of the data into a supercomputer" Shows desktop PC running Windows 95

[@klyanadkmorr]

They edited out DONKEY KONG throwing massive boulders & MARIO jumping to punch them for more dust in the atmosphere! lolmao

[@AnthonyCruzTechnoJedi]

More than likely using a terminal shell to connect to the supercomputer on campus...i'm a tech nerd had to respond to this one lol...

[@KennaDeMerkedo]

Well, back in 2000 it was a decent machine!

[@KennaDeMerkedo]

@John Volken I know, had the same impression- but the book was released in 2000 and this 3bm television documentary was also broadcast in the same year. As for when they actually started filming- no idea.

[@romanmichaelhamilton8729]

He was just using an app that was accessing the super computer over the network.

[@teach-learn4078]

Several times watching this I said to myself, wow! Considering the fragility of human societies, and the unforeseen changes that can destroy the lives of individuals, cities, and whole civilizations. Other sources speak about several other apocalyptic events in human history, e.g. the Clovis comet at the end of the last Ice Age, and other events. And now we have the event we're now experiencing, also with an initial impact and then a longer, more drawn-out series of consequences...

[@michaelkeller6612]

The thought of existing in 536 AD is horrifying. That time period was horrifying.

[@MrRuberzahl]

Well that was uplifting. Wonderfully done video. Thanks to the researchers and film makers, such an interesting topic.

[@2010Bangie]

Wonderful documentary as always. Yes, we should pay attention to the ability of natural events to change history.

[@halweilbrenner9926]

We are all at the mercy of nature.

[@kathypiazza7228]

As we are living with climate disasters thanks to short sightedness often precipitated by pure greed.

[@kaneworsnop1007]

Maybe the people pushing solar as the solution to all our power needs and pollution problems should watch this, then maybe more research will be done into other renewable energy sources. Also I don't think my back gardens big enough to grow a years worth of food as it is, let alone if its producing a reduced yield.

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

@@kaneworsnop1007 Solar power is from the sun which is much easier to harness than other renewable energy sources

[@edmartin875]

@@sampuatisamuel9785 Except when volcanic dust causes the sunlight to be blocked for long periods.

[@RavingKats]

I vaguely recall the first time a teacher taught us about this event in grade 8 I think. My mind was blown,

[@sookendestroy1]

You know its interesting, earlier in 2022 a massive eruption occured over towards sumatra and this year has had some dramatic weather. Were seeing the dryest season yet in the US midwest, the pacific isnt having a summer so far etc.

[@whrlds]

And people say that 2020 is the worst year ever when they tweet on their iphone's and having a full stomach

[@marinazagrai1623]

That's because these people live on their social media...they don't have a life of their own! They need to wake up! All I mean is that they don't know anything about history even up into the 1940s when most people lived in rural areas - sure metropolises were packed but most of the countries' population didn't live there.

[@meregaming1770]

it ain't over yet!

[@yukihirasoma8938]

536: “I am the worst year ever!” 2020: “Hold my Corona beer.”

[@christinapsalmist4267]

U can gain the whole world but loose ur soul

[@meregaming1770]

@@christinapsalmist4267 you meant "lose your soul"

[@fredmac1000]

Wonderful video,,,🙏🙏🌷🌷

[@senyashchukin391]

Wow this is crazy I never heard about this event before

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

I live in Ecuador where we have 19 of the Worlds largest and mostly active volcanoes in the World..We just had a massive Eruption of The Sangay Volcano in Sept 2020 that covered Guayaquil in Ash and darkened the Sun ..

[@treadlightlyorelse849]

@@markmark2080 wow too soon man but 👏 👏

[@maryroybal678]

Twinky. I never knew about the Volcano spewed in Sept of 2020 . I did not view it in any social media. I have relations who reside in Guayaquil.

[@markmark2080]

Twinky, I saw that in the news, major mess to clean up, especially the farmers and saving the crops, best wishes to all, it's been a tough year.

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

@@maryroybal678 the Sangay exploded a few weeks ago..Guayaquil was covered in Ash ..Also Cantons Bolivar and Guyas..Major damage to Farmers ..I was on my way back from the Beach thru Guaquil and saw it myself ..

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

@@dentside78 YES its the very best place to retire..I am blissfully happy here ..I live near CUENCA

[@johnberry5275]

[ 535 ]: Ha ha! I'm the World's Worst YEAR! [2020]: *I am NOT FINISHED yet*

[@ShewasIwas-biden]

That TDS is real...

[@leelarson107]

That's well put! I can't wait to see what the terrorists do on election day.

[@DenethordeSade.90]

Wow, it's not even close

[@mellowInventor]

@@ShewasIwas-biden didn't even mention Trump get outta here

[@Infinitynous-gg6vs]

Its 536 a.d. also theres no way this is getting worse than genghis khans conquests which killed 10 percent of the world also 40 million people

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

I remember that year well, it seems like just yesterday to me, how time flies

[@teach-learn4078]

Yes, time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana.

[@e.e.surina4373]

Thank you

[@raustaklass]

2019: We are the most terrible year! 2020: Amateurs 535: *AMATEURS*

[@davethompson3326]

Pretty much any year of the Bronze Age Collapse, Dark Ages, plague years, Mongol Invasions, Assorted religious wars (invariably bloodier than the other kind until c1800), Certainly the Wave of disease that wiped out many tens of millions in the 16th C might have attracted a fair few votes, (far less at the end, though) I feel confident that 1916 & 17 and 1941would have got a few votes at the time But hey 2020, economies have been damaged and people have to wear masks now and then!

[@DomainAspect]

Idiots are saying that every new year was worse than the previous.

[@reapersovereign7374]

2021 under a Biden admin. AMATUERS AINT BLACK

[@jeffschlarb4965]

1177 BC The Year Civilization Collapsed kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKCaq2uGaaeghtE

[@jupiterloverful]

Amatchez !

[@wilecoyote5757]

Thanks!

[@lovelyjanuary]

I love how I’m a 37 year old adult watching a documentary that many kids probably have to watch in world history in high school for fun because I can’t sleep at 4:39AM lolololol

[@Takobella]

Lmao 😂 me too! 37 years old in bed at 1am watching this 🎉

[@chrismerkel9604]

Thank you David Keys for the vision and dedication to the rest of our science community and those that fund their research to bring this history to us.

[@piros100]

As a Hungarian I'm really intriegued by the information that the gold of the Avars is still believed to be buried somewhere around here. Time to dig :D

[@su....]

:-D good luck!

[@nobodymatters3294]

Polish last name

[@meekmeads]

Soros dug it up, already.

[@maddyg3208]

Probably under the Tisza

[@Annasea666]

Stelllllllllaaaaaah. Hello. How's Stanley?

[@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy]

Really wish Timeline would label the episode order, such as Catastrophe 1 and 2.

[@christienelson1437]

Learn about all of this in high school in the late eighties. Good video, but this isn’t recently discovered, because our textbooks talked about it all. That tells you that historians have known about for at least forty years.

[@lisalahr4328]

We haven't come anywhere near to societal collapse. Just cuz you can't visit your Grandma this Christmas and can talk to her on Zoom does not societal collapse make. Just cuz you can't go to the bar and be in a crowd doesn't mean the world is coming to an end. We survived 536 and we'll survive this too. Talk to a survivor of WW2. Welcome to a true Apocalyptic Event. Keep up the fight. We got this.

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

Lisa is a moronic globalist.

[@diegoflores9237]

Karens worldwide dont want to wear masks cause FreEDomZ

[@OVERLEVENDE1]

@@diegoflores9237 freedom is far more important than your fears. Without the freedom to choose life means nothing.

[@edwinholcombe2741]

@@diegoflores9237 aren't you forgetting those Karen's who attack people for not wearing masks and shields. Karen as a group do not stand on one side or another. No side defines them. They are simply crazy people who self appoint themselves as authoritarians and entitled people.

[@halweilbrenner9926]

Thanks.I feel better already. Socially awkward

[@andreav83]

What an incredible study. I've learnt more things I didn't know from this one episode than I have from several interesting things I've watched and read this year.

[@helmandblue8720]

Well did you know the Roman empire fell long before this explosion? Google it and you will understand how many errors there are in this documentary.

[@tensevo]

Makes you wonder whether UV being blocked due to ash cloud, could have impacted say, vitamin D levels, leading to poor imminity, as well as reasons mentioned in vid.

[@orunabho]

From all this chaos, rises a man from depth of darkness, in 570 and changes humanity for ever.

[@gravityguntv2572]

as soon as i clicked on this video I already knew exactly what the comments were gonna say

[@roxanasharleen1520]

Year 3,013: KZbin: 2020 was the worst year in history

[@jeffschlarb4965]

@@roxanasharleen1520 no comas in dates..

[@redblade8160]

@Carol Young The Moon Landing never happened from this flat Earth...

[@JonatasAdoM]

Remember 2019? Everybody said it sucked, it was terrible, "it was the worst" Don't commit the same mistake during 2020.

[@ronniemonnie]

I never understood the general hate towards 2019. What even happened that was so bad? It was personally a bad year for me because my father passed away, but I didn't get the mass "2019 sucks!" appeal 🤷🏿

[@nikitakuznetsov8446]

@@ronniemonnie I wasn't even aware that there was a strong hate towards 2019, I know that before 2020 people said that 2016 was the worst year because of how many celebrates died and cause of Harambe

[@GhostyGhost7007]

@@ronniemonnie Because there were a bunch of celebrities that died or somethin like that.

[@ilovemygf2202]

i actually loved the year 2019 ahahha one of the best years of my life but idk why there's so much hate against it.

[@nelsonrobertyelebe5833]

0ll0

[@muhammadzaki3405]

KZbin is the best place to fulfill my desire curiosity 😮!!

[@Munkylaw]

Humans: We have a nuclear arsenal that can destroy the planet. Earth: Hold my lava bro.

[@dadikkedude]

A planet can't kill itself.

[@dennisweidner288]

So far they have prevented another world war.

[@Munkylaw]

Sam W Tell that to Venus.

[@Munkylaw]

Dennis Weidner Plenty of proxy wars to go around.

[@dennisweidner288]

@@Munkylaw Yes we live in a very dangerous world. And unlike the belief of many, appeasement does not work any better today than it did in the 1930s.

[@datboyace13]

Everyone: "2020 can't get any wor..." Yellowstone: *burps*

[@nerdgarage]

Hush, 2020 doesn't need any suggestions.

[@Robert_Robertson]

*IDIOT!!!! TRUMP couLd Get Re-ELECTED!!!!*

[@bobbythorman7421]

@@Robert_Robertson See, things are looking better already,the old VP can't even remember the name of his current POTUS. If he hid the money then Hunter's in for a long hunt,daddy forgot where it is..🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nobodymatters3294]

Actually, yellow stone broke it's self. It has constant releases that broke thru the surface. It can't build up and then explode because it constantly has little releases. Of course, there are hundreds of others that could pop off

[@lightningbug276]

😂😂😂😂 shhhhh 🤐

[@durasaxon5131]

Exceptionally important Documentary. As King Solomon once said... *"If it's happened before,* *it will happen again."* It is only a matter of time.

[@richardpowell1425]

It's interesting that we've had the Tongan eruption recently to see how this sort of thing has an impact. Lucky it wasn't as big an eruption as the one in the documentary. I'm typing this on the coldest night in decades after a very colourful sunset due to the sulphur dioxide from the eruption more than a month ago.

[@keerthi3086]

Hunga Tonga has set the record for this century.

[@dasUberputer]

This is a brilliant hypothesis. I loved this video - lots of great, new ideas about history. This is one of those theories that answers many, many questions, including many that I wouldn't have even thought to ask. That's the sign of a good theory.

[@gb4375]

Agreed, some solid evidence is always appreciated as well.

[@sophitsa79]

Apparently this little evidence for it and it's generally discredited.

[@teach-learn4078]

@@sophitsa79 It's unsourced nay-saying comments that are general discredited.

[@yerabbit6333]

came here for a nice relaxing doomsday documentary, got a pretty good plague documentary

[@kirkstable]

Just a little question about your hypothesis of temperature playing a role in the formation of the bacteria in the fleas that started the plague. Aren’t there rats in colder places like New York City or Paris France? It gets pretty cold there, in fact I think it’s below freezing there today

[@robpoulin7445]

The term the volcanologist uses is “phreatoplinian eruptions.” “Phreatoplinian Eruptions are characterised by large wet eruptions. They are an order of magnitude larger than surtseyan eruptions. There are no modern examples of this type of eruption.”

[@aron1332]

Hunga-Tonga eruption in January 2022 is a possible example. Taupo 233 is also an example

[@nobody6546]

👍👏👍 Rob!

[@TheManCaveYTChannel]

Omg...they actually referred to Justinian as Roman emperor and not “Byzantine” emperor. This video gets a thumbs up 👍🏻

[@tyriquey4987]

Fr

[@elvenkind6072]

@Dubious Caque Who doesn't like that Justinian Bieber?!

[@roseg1333]

Yes! So true!! You’d be surprised how many people don’t know that 😅

[@TheManCaveYTChannel]

@Brisdad53 there’s no such thing as an eastern Roman emperor/empire. It was always one empire, just administered by two emperors (and one time for a short while by 4 emperors). You might want to reconsider what you say before trying to correct someone with wrong info. 👍🏻

[@marinazagrai1623]

I know, I heard that too, and thought they were talking about another emperor!

[@lesliedycke9795]

It's interesting to note that Eruption of El Salvador's lake Ilopango helps explain A.D. 536 cooling as well. Fascinating that two massive eruptions occurred at the same time.

[@tahwsisiht]

I wonder when underground water pools dry out and would start a chain of reactions that triggers more and more problems. The consequences reach the level that tectonic plates become unstable. A kind of butterfly effect. Big problems start from smaller problems... in time they reach a point where catastrophic events can not be avoided.

[@pablorai769]

It didn't, volcano Ilopango erupted in 431 AD ±2

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Ilopango was a century earlier, and its ash is very different from that of Krakatau. Volcanic ash is very specific, used to determine both the volcano it came from and which spectific eruption.

[@___________________1]

@@pablorai769 This documentary is associating the 426ad event/plague and making it out to being something that happened in 526ad...They stole history channels documentaries way of portraying the explosion of ilopango either way...