The Worst Times In History To Be Alive

History wasn't always a slow march toward progress. Some eras were so brutal that simply surviving to adulthood was an achievement. From prehistoric massacres and ritual sacrifice to volcanic winters, famine, plague, and continent-wide wars, these were the periods when humanity came closest to collapse. Discover the deadliest times to be alive and why the biggest threats weren't always the ones you learned about in school. Sources: Lawrence H. Keeley — War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage (1996) Michael McCormick et al. — Climate Change During and After the Roman Empire: Reconstructing the Past from Scientific and Historical Evidence (2012) Lester K. Little (ed.) — Plague and the End of Antiquity: The Pandemic of 541–750 (2007) William Chester Jordan — The Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century (1996) Peter H. Wilson — Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War (2009) Watch my other videos here:    • Why You Wouldn't Survive as a Medieval Knight   Subscribe!    / @roughlyhistory   #History #MedievalHistory #AncientHistory #BlackDeath #Plague #Documentary #HistoryFacts #WorldHistory #DarkHistory #Educational