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  2. List of famines - Wikipedia

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    The Deluge saw Poland lose an estimated 1/3 of its population due to wars, famine, and plague [citation needed] Poland: 1649: Famine in northern England [50] England: 1650–1652: Famine in the east of France [51] France: 1651–1653: Famine throughout much of Ireland during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland [52] Ireland: 1661

  3. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    With this perspective the horsemen represent the rise of false religions, false prophets, and false messiahs; the increase of wars and rumours of wars; the escalation of natural disasters and famines; and the growth of persecution, martyrdom, betrayal, and loss of faith.

  5. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In Quake 4 the convoys which carries the EMPs to the tetranode are called "War", "Famine", "Pestilence" and "Death". In the Red Dead Redemption downloadable add-on, Undead Nightmare, four of the mountable mythical beings are horses labeled as Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. They are associated with their own Rank, gaining a rank for every ...

  6. Societal collapse - Wikipedia

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    Possible causes of a societal collapse include natural catastrophe, war, pestilence, famine, economic collapse, population decline or overshoot, mass migration, incompetent leaders, and sabotage by rival civilizations. [2] A collapsed society may revert to a more primitive state, be absorbed into a stronger society, or completely disappear.

  7. Crisis of the late Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Much of the medieval peasants' protein was obtained from dairy, and milk shortages likely caused nutritional deficiency in the European population. Famine and pestilence, exacerbated with the prevalence of war during this time, led to the death of an estimated ten to fifteen percent of Europe's population. [19] [20]

  8. How a Post-War Famine in Russia and Ukraine Shaped the 20th ...

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    The war in Ukraine is not the first to contribute to famine. One of modern history's most noted examples also involved Russia and Ukraine

  9. Horsemen of Apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    War possesses pyrokinesis, Famine possesses hydrokinesis, Pestilence infects people with diseases, and Death possesses the death stare and can sense a spark of life in anyone. To celebrate their births, their maternal aunt, Isca the Unbeaten forged the Scarab, a sword in four parts.