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AD 536 the Sun Dimmed and Global Temperatures Plunged, Leading to Famine, Plague and the Collapse of Empires “ The sun began to be darkened by day and the moon by night, while the ocean was tumultuous with spray from the 24th of March in this year till the 24th of June in the following year… And, as the winter was a severe one, so much so that from the large and unwonted quantity of snow the birds perished… there was distress… among men… from the evil things” ZACHARIAS OF MYTILENE (Chronicle, 9.19, 10.1) The year of darkness In AD 536 the sun dimmed and global temperatures plunged, leading to famine, plague and the collapse of empires. 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