No, this isn't some kind of weird conspiracy theory.
In the early Medieval period, the climate in Europe cooled dramatically.
This resulted in crop failures in the north and led to the Saxon settlement of England and, almost certainly, to increased raiding by the normally peaceful Norsemen. (They went a-viking for a reason, people).
The cause of the climate change?
The eruption of the Ilopango caldera in what is now El Salvador, which was an area inhabited heavily by the Maya.
Who, of course, had to run like crazy. When they came back, they built a pyramid out of rock and ash spewed by the volcano, likely to appease whatever angry mountain spirit.
We're all pretty dang connected. Even when we don't know about each other.
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