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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. Genocides in history (World War I through World War II)

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    Part of a series on Genocide Issues List of genocides Genocides in history Before WWI WWI–WWII 1946–1999 21st century Effects on youth Denial Massacre Rape Incitement In relation to Colonialism / War Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders Prevention Psychology Recognition politics Risk factors Stages Types Anti-Indigenous Cultural Paper Utilitarian Studies Outline Bibliography Related ...

  4. 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.

  5. ‘Like the apocalypse’: Videos show devastation after huge ...

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    The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5 magnitude aftershock flattened buildings, killing and injuring thousands. ‘Like the apocalypse’: Videos show devastation after huge earthquakes in Turkey ...

  6. List of historical earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...

  7. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Pandemics timeline death tolls. This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included.

  8. List of ongoing armed conflicts - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Minor wars (1,000–9,999) Conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...

  9. Russian famine of 1921–1922 - Wikipedia

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    The famine area in the fall of 1921. The Russian famine of 1921–1922, also known as the Povolzhye famine (Russian: Голод в Поволжье, 'Volga region famine') was a severe famine in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that began early in the spring of 1921 and lasted until 1922.