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2018-09-24 19:10:28
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We will be doing a series on The Irish Potato Famine: The Great Hunger in the first quarter of 2019. (But it looks like this was a very tight race with The Trail of Tears! We always keep an eye on our follow-up winners and there's a possibility they will be included in future polls!)
Majapahit: An Empire of Water --> Viking Expansion --> Dr. Sun Yat-sen --> The Irish Potato Famine
In 1845, Ireland is ripe for an agricultural apocalypse. A quarter of tenant farmers live on plots of land totaling less than five acres—so small that potatoes are the only high-yield crop able to feed a family. Then, the Blight comes. Potatoes come out of the ground black and rotted. Those who eat them become sick. As the hunger worsens, a century of discriminatory British Empire policies come home to roost. In the next four years, 100,000 Irish will starve to death, and a quarter of Ireland’s 8 million inhabitants will quit the homeland and move abroad. Those who stay dream of revolution.
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