About 536 AD: The Year That The Sun Disappeared | Catastrophe
A climatic catastrophe rocked the Earth in A.D. 535, causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease. Was it a comet? An asteroid? A volcano? Written records from China, Italy, Palestine and many other countries suggest a huge catastrophe blighted the world in 536 AD. But the cause of it has been uncertain. Archaeologist David Keys reveals that a volcano is to blame for the Dark Ages of famine and plague that shaped the world order of today.
536 AD: The Year That The Sun Disappeared | Catastrophe is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 99 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
As a society documentary, 536 AD: The Year That The Sun Disappeared | Catastrophe uses disappeared, catastrophe as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.
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- Title
- 536 AD: The Year That The Sun Disappeared | Catastrophe
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Real History
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