Answer the following about the year 536 CE, which may possibly be the worst year in human history, for 10 points each.
[10e] A likely cause of the year’s incredibly long winter was one of these events. Another one of these events originating from Tambora in Indonesia caused the “Year Without a Summer.”
ANSWER: volcanic eruptions [or explosive eruptions; or super eruptions]
[10h] One candidate for the volcano that caused the winter is this modern-day country’s Ilopango volcano. Archbishop Óscar Romero was murdered in this country in 1980.
ANSWER: El Salvador [or Republic of El Salvador]
[10m] The winter likely contributed to the collapse of this empire, which had been repeatedly invaded by the White Huns. This Indian empire oversaw a golden age of Sanskrit literature.
ANSWER: Gupta Empire
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