The Chinese famine of 1333–1337 was a famine resulting from a series of climatic disasters in China, then under Toghon Temür of Yuan dynasty. The famine was aggravated by pestilence laying the whole country waste.
Causes
Between 1333 and 1336 China suffered a drought and renewed floods, as well as many uncommon atmospheric phenomena. Regions around the Kiang and Hoai rivers were affected. In 1333 rain fell in torrents in and about Kingsai. In 1334, floodings occurred in the neighbourhood of Canton.
Casualties and aftermath
An estimated 6 million people perished by the famine. About 4 million people perished in Kiang, according to the Chinese annals. Around this time, pestilence ravaged the region, being antecedent of the Black Death in Europe, which appeared in the following decade.
See also
References
- ^ Ferreyra, Eduardo. "Fearfull Famines of the Past". mitosyfraudes.org. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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- ^ BASCOME, Edward (1851). A History of Epidemic Pestilences from the earliest ages, 1495 years before the birth of our Saviour to 1848: with researches into their nature, causes, and prophylaxis.
- Jacobson, Judy (2001). A Field Guide for Genealogists. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806350981.
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