[{"n": "The Bronze Age Collapse", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-bronze-age-collapse/", "s": "A period of widespread societal collapse in the late Bronze Age."}, {"n": "The Fall of Constantinople", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-fall-of-constantinople/", "s": "The fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the early modern pe"}, {"n": "The Sack of Rome, 410 AD", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-sack-of-rome-410-ad/", "s": "The city of Rome retained a paramount position as 'the eternal city' and a spiritual center of the Empire."}, {"n": "The Black Death", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-black-death/", "s": "The deadliest pandemic in recorded history, the Black Death reshaped Europe and the Middle East."}, {"n": "The Plague of Justinian", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-plague-of-justinian/", "s": "First historically recorded epidemic of Yersinia pestis."}, {"n": "The Library of Alexandria", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-library-of-alexandria/", "s": "Ancient world's largest library, center of Hellenistic learning."}, {"n": "The Haitian Revolution", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-haitian-revolution/", "s": "A successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule, leading to the founding of Haiti."}, {"n": "The Taiping Rebellion", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-taiping-rebellion/", "s": "A 14-year civil war that devastated Qing China."}, {"n": "The Children's Crusade", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-children-s-crusade/", "s": "A failed popular crusade of the early 13th century, involving two movements led by Nicholas of Cologne and Ste"}, {"n": "The Anarchy", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-anarchy/", "s": "A civil war over the English throne between Matilda and Stephen."}, {"n": "The Berlin Airlift", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-berlin-airlift/", "s": "Western Allies airlifted supplies to blockaded West Berlin for 15 months."}, {"n": "The Fall of the Western Roman Empire", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-fall-of-the-western-roman-empire/", "s": "Loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire."}, {"n": "Shackleton's Endurance Expedition", "u": "/e/great-collapses/shackleton-s-endurance-expedition/", "s": "Failed Antarctic crossing became an epic survival story."}, {"n": "Pompeii", "u": "/e/great-collapses/pompeii/", "s": "Ancient Roman city buried by Vesuvius, preserved as a time capsule."}, {"n": "The Irish Famine", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-irish-famine/", "s": "A period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852, marked by profound demographic and polit"}, {"n": "The Mongol Conquests", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-mongol-conquests/", "s": "Mongol conquests created the largest contiguous empire in history."}, {"n": "The Thirty Years' War", "u": "/e/great-collapses/the-thirty-years-war/", "s": "A devastating Central European conflict driven by religion and dynastic rivalry."}]