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Death toll (where known; estimated) 2200 BC – 2100 BC: The 4.2-kiloyear event caused famines and civilizational collapse worldwide: Global: 441 BC: The first famine recorded in ancient Rome. Ancient Rome [1] 114 BC Famine caused by drought during the third year in the Yuanding period. Starvation in over 40 commanderies east of the Hangu ...
List of accidents and disasters by death toll; List of famines, not included in natural disasters as some of them are at least partially anthropogenic; Accidents
These famines cause widespread malnutrition and impoverishment. The famine in Ethiopia in the 1980s had an immense death toll, although Asian famines of the 20th century have also produced extensive death tolls. Modern African famines are characterized by widespread destitution and malnutrition, with heightened mortality confined to young children.
This list takes into account only the highest estimated death toll for each disaster and lists them accordingly. It does not include epidemics and famines.The list also does not include the 1938 Yellow River flood, which was caused by the deliberate destruction of dikes.
Victims of a famine forced to sell their children from The Famine in China (1878) Global famines history. This is a List of famines in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Between 108 BC and 1911 AD, there were no fewer than 1,828 recorded famines in China, or once nearly every year in one province or another. The famines ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 [6] 15–55 million Great Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. [7] Chinese famine of 1876–79. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. [8] 9–13 million Drought Chinese famine of 1928–30. Gansu, Shaanxi. [9 ...
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