Karatekan t1_jcu4mf8 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 4:10 PM

Reply to comment by DjuriWarface in TIL that a famine in Persia (Iran) between 1917–1919 lead to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people. It's an event that hasn't been studied by many historians. by icantthinkofaname940

The exact causes of the famine, the experience of the people that lived there, how it affected history going forward, etc. It's worth studying history for its own sake in my opinion, you could boil down most events in history to "well that sucked", but it doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile to learn about it.