00:00What was the worst year in history?
00:02In 1352, the Black Death killed a third of Europe.
00:04And this isn't even the worst year in history.
00:062022, Macron re-elected, but still not the worst year in history.
00:09And in fact, it would be 536.
00:11Imagine you are in 536, and you see immense black clouds appear.
00:15And what initially seemed to be just another Sunday for Paris,
00:17quickly becomes a kind of permanent fog that blocks the sun's rays.
00:21And this scourge is said to have affected Asia and Europe for 18 months.
00:25Imagine a year and a half without sun.
00:26So it wasn't divine punishment, but a volcanic winter caused by the eruption of one or more
00:31volcanoes.
00:32And so they would have released tons of ash into the atmosphere.
00:34And the problem is that more sun means more harvest, more food.
00:38and therefore famines all over the globe.
00:41And there's a theory I love, which is that the invention of Ragnarok,
00:44The end of the world in Norse mythology would have come from this episode.
00:47Except that if that were all, it would be fine.
00:49Except that, on top of that, 4 years later, the first bubonic plague epidemic began.
00:54And it is also nicknamed Justinian's plague.
00:56In Constantinople, the historian Procopius of Caesarea reports that it caused 10,000 deaths per day.
01:01Personally, if I had to go back in time, this wouldn't be the period I would choose.
01:03However, all of this would remain somewhat central.
01:05Because I think that from the perspective of Native Americans,
01:08The worst year in history must have been 1492.
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