 |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Did a geological or meteorological event of cataclysmic proportions cause the period known as the Dark Ages? And if so, how did it change the course of history? The New Theory Tree rings reveal that abnormally cold weather swept the Earth in 535 A.D. Written accounts from around the world tell of plague, famine and drought in Constantinople, Italy, Korea, Japan, and China. What caused this mini-Ice Age? There is no scientific data suggesting that an asteroid or comet struck the Earth at the time. However, high levels of carbon and sulfur have been found in ancient ice from the polar caps, indicating volcanic activity. There are also scattered reports from Asia of a "large bang" heard in the sixth century. The Book of Kings recounts that Java and Sumatra were created by a huge eruption in the Sunda Straits. Could this have triggered the beginning of the Dark Ages? |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
