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Not just the worst year to be alive, but also the beginning of the worst century to be alive: "The repeated blows, followed by plague, plunged Europe into econ
by cs702 6y ago
Not just the worst year to be alive, but also the beginning of the worst century to be alive:
"The repeated blows, followed by plague, plunged Europe into economic stagnation that lasted until 640."
Imagine the kind of horror and suffering that a century of global economic stagnation inflicts on generations of people.
- bhaak 6y agoYou can take that even further as the sewage systems in Europe didn't recover until the 18th/19th century.
- bleuarff 6y agoInteresting, can you elaborate?
- bhaak 6y agoThe water supply and sanitation in Europe took a deep dive where the Roman infrastructure broke down. In many places it was rather recently that sanitation was on par or better than in Rome (but of course, not everywhere in the Roman Empire the standards were as high as in the capital). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation_in_ancient_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation_in_ancient_Rome