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 ConstantinopleOttoman capture of Constantinople ended the Byzantine Empire.The Sack of Rome, 410 ADNevertheless, the city of Rome retained a paramount position as 'the eternal city' and a sThe Black DeathA devastating plague pandemic that killed up to half of Europe's population.The Plague of JustinianFirst historically recorded epidemic of Yersinia pestis.The Library of AlexandriaAncient world's largest library, center of Hellenistic learning.The Haitian RevolutionSuccessful slave rebellion that founded independent Haiti.The Taiping RebellionA 14-year civil war that devastated Qing China.The Children's CrusadeIn the early 13th century, a movement known as the Children’s Crusade attempted to establiThe 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 FamineBetween 1845 and 1852, Ireland experienced a period of mass starvation and disease known aThe 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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