Volcanic winter of 536
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The volcanic winter of 536 was among the most severe and protracted episodes of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last two thousand years. The volcanic winter was caused by at least t
Tombstone in the chapel of Filippo e Giacomo, Nosedo, dated to AD 536 (the second year after the consulship of Decius Paulinus).
Teotihuacan
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Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 40 kilometers northeast of modern-day Mexico City.
Volcanic winter of 536
…towards the west, the end of the Sasanian Empire, the collapse of the Gupta Empire, the rise of Islam, the expansion of Turkic tribes, and the fall of Teotihuacan. In 2000, a 3BM Television production (for WNET and Channel Four) capitalised upon Keys' book. The documentary, under the name Catastrophe! How the…
Aerial view of the city, featuring the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon (background), and the Avenue of the Dead.
Front view of the Pyramid of the Sun
Left side view of the Pyramid of the Sun
View of the Pyramid of the Moon from the Pyramid of the Sun