I believe it was from the Tsunami on Boxing Day 2004 that started just off Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Deaths were difficult to officially record but it is believed to be up to 290,000 listed as Death toll Indonesia: 237 071 Sri Lanka: 30 957 India: 16 389 Thailand: 5 393 Maldives: 82 Malaysia: 68 Myanmar: 61 Bangladesh: 2 Somalia: 298 Tanzania: 10 Kenya: 1 Total: 290 332 * The figures include 127 774 listed as missing in Indonesia and 5 669 in India In addition, 3 071 people are listed as missing in Thailand and 5 637 in Sri Lanka but not included in the toll because of possible double counting.
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The Oklahoma City Bombing.
Event that leads to massive loss of life. Greek - blood flood
There is no one person in history who said that "peace was built on quick sand" it is just reffered to that way by historians. It concerns the time after world war 1 when tensions were running high. There were many countries involved in the war and even after peace treaties were signed the damage and loss of life created rivalries that could never be eliminated.
Advantages:more food and comfort, higher living standards, longer life expectancy, Disadvantages: exploitation of poor, pollution, loss of biodiversity, more people
There are multiple answers to this question. Some ideas/theories include:The war's lengthit involved quite a few countriesmany people died not athrough direct violence but side effects of war (homlessness, destroyed food supply, ect.)the hollocaust is sometimes included to say thisus nuking japanalso as a side note the Aerican Civil war resulted in the largest loss of American lives.