Catastrophe! Part 2: “How the World Changed”

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second installment of a two-part documentary titled Catastrophe! — “How the World Changed” from the acclaimed PBS series Secrets of the Dead.

The Justinian Plague

Catastrophe! — Part 1: The Day the Sun Went Out

Did a major cataclysmic event plunge humankind into the period known as the early Dark Ages? Scientists now believe the early Dark Ages may have been triggered by a natural event that occurred around 535 A.D.