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The famine caused many deaths over an extended number of years and marked a clear end to the period of growth and prosperity from the 11th to the 13th centuries. [2] The Great Famine started with bad weather in spring 1315. Crop failures lasted through 1316 until the summer harvest in 1317, and Europe did not fully recover until 1322.
Famine: Europe [17] 1010 Famine in Nīshābūr [16] Iran: 1016: ... Famine in West Africa, half the population of Timbuktu died of starvation [68] West Africa: 1740 ...
From 1870 to 2010, 87% of deaths from famine occurred in Asia and Eastern Europe, with only 9.2% in Africa. [26] There were notable counter-examples, such as the famine in Rwanda during World War II and the Malawi famine of 1949, but most famines were localized and brief food shortages.
In the years 1315 to 1317, a catastrophic famine, known as the Great Famine, struck much of Northwest Europe. The famine came about as the result of a large population growth in the previous centuries, with the result that, in the early 14th century the population exceeded the number that could be sustained by farming. [13]
The Black Death was the second great natural disaster to strike Europe during the Late Middle Ages (the first one being the Great Famine of 1315–1317) and is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of the European population, as well as approximately 33% of the population of the Middle East.
In the autumn of 1314, heavy rains began to fall, which were the start of several years of cold and wet winters. [16] The already weak harvests of the north suffered, and a seven-year famine ensued. In the years 1315 to 1317, a catastrophic famine, known as the Great Famine, struck much of North West Europe. It was arguably the worst in ...
Europe and the Mediterranean region, c. 1354. From the Apocalypse in a Biblia Pauperum illuminated at Erfurt around the time of the Great Famine.Death sits astride a lion whose long tail ends in a ball of flame (Hell).
The remainder of deaths occurred mainly in France, where 10,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of famine-like conditions. [3] Aside from death from starvation and famine diseases, suffering came in other forms.