The Cataclysm of 536 AD

Something happened in 536 AD that made the skies in Europe and Asia go dark, and winter lasted much longer than normal. It may have been a long night in Europe, but the cause of the event may have reset the civilizations of the Americas into something more primitive.

Some sources:

- The Volcanic Winter Of 536 AD: When The Sun Disappeared https://youtu.be/B7cUwWRgBcM

-The Maya Civilization: Timeline https://www.worldhistoryedu.com/maya-civilization-timeline/

-El Mirador, the Lost City of the Maya https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/el-mirador-the-lost-city-of-the-maya-1741461/

-‘Mystery' volcano that cooled the ancient world traced to El Salvador https://www.science.org/content/article/mystery-volcano-cooled-ancient-world-traced-el-salvador

-Sixth-Century Misery Tied to Not One, But Two,
Volcanic Eruptions https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sixth-century-misery-tied-not-one-two-volcanic-eruptions-180955858/

-Volcanic winter of 536 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536

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