Many things added up to create the famine that swept through the Holy Roman Empire. The 1600s were naturally lean years, as the environment dropped 2 degrees. But things got much, much worse. Let ...

Plagues, Famines, and Fires: ... Then they matched up the data with what they knew about European history, examining historical records about diseases, grain prices, and more.

Ireland's famine in the 1700s - known in Irish as Bliain an Áir, Year of the Slaughter - was almost as devastating as The Great Hunger.

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a weekslong blockade on the territory as a ...

History European leaders arrive in Kyiv in show of support on famine anniversary By . ... during the infamous Holodomor famine caused by Soviet policies that killed roughly 4 million people.

What caused the Irish famine? A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era. Old Chapel Lane, Skibbereen, County ...

Famine and disease may have driven ... Evershed’s team mapped estimated frequencies of milk use across Europe from around 9,000 to 500 years ago by analyzing previously published data from ...