Great Collapses
17 entries in the Great Collapses compendium.
The Bronze Age CollapseA period of widespread societal collapse in the late Bronze Age.The Fall of ConstantinopleThe fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the early modern…The Sack of Rome, 410 ADThe city of Rome retained a paramount position as 'the eternal city' and a spiritual center of the Empire.The Black DeathThe deadliest pandemic in recorded history, the Black Death reshaped Europe and the Middle East.The Plague of JustinianFirst historically recorded epidemic of Yersinia pestis.The Library of AlexandriaAncient world's largest library, center of Hellenistic learning.The Haitian RevolutionA successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule, leading to the founding of Haiti.The Taiping RebellionA 14-year civil war that devastated Qing China.The Children's CrusadeA failed popular crusade of the early 13th century, involving two movements led by Nicholas of Cologne and…The AnarchyA civil war over the English throne between Matilda and Stephen.The Berlin AirliftWestern Allies airlifted supplies to blockaded West Berlin for 15 months.The Fall of the Western Roman EmpireLoss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire.Shackleton's Endurance ExpeditionFailed Antarctic crossing became an epic survival story.PompeiiAncient Roman city buried by Vesuvius, preserved as a time capsule.The Irish FamineA period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852, marked by profound demographic and…The Mongol ConquestsMongol conquests created the largest contiguous empire in history.The Thirty Years' WarA devastating Central European conflict driven by religion and dynastic rivalry.
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