Can you name the 24 deadliest human-orchestrated events in world history ? by kangaroo714

Timeframe	Event	Approximate Death Toll
1939-1945		55 million
1949-1976		40 million
1206-1294		40 million
756-763		36 million
1618-1644		25 million
1850-1864		20 million
1492-1890		20 million
1924-1953		20 million
700-1900		19 million
1500-1900		18 million
1369-1405		17 million
1876-1900		17 million

Timeframe	Event	Approximate Death Toll
1914-1918		15 million
1917-1923		8.9 million
1886-1908		8.5 million
300-476		8 million
1618-1648		7 million
1598-1613		5 million
1803-1815		4 million
1998-2003		3.3 million
1928-1937		3.1 million
1562-1598		3 million
1959-1975		3.5 million
1950-1953		2.8 million

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Worst Human-Orchestrated Catastrophes Quiz

by kangaroo714

Created Nov 18, 2009 in History
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	meltingbridge:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 07:12 GMT	3 points
	i would suggest something a bit less specific than annihilation for 1492-1890...i tried conquest of the americas, native americans

	Powersimm:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 09:10 GMT	1 point
	agreed. the answers were a little too specific. why "rule of mao zedong" but "reign of josef stalin?"

	JezuzFingerz:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 12:57 GMT	1 point
	I thought Mao Zedong and Stalin had a lot more deaths during their rule. Also does your WWII death toll include the Holocaust?

	kangaroo714:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 15:22 GMT	-2 points
	@meltingbridge- you're right, native americans should work for that one. i meant to put that down but guess i forgot... as far as i can tell there's no way for me to edit the game which sucks

	kangaroo714:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 15:23 GMT	3 points
	@powersimm- "Mao" and "Stalin" should work for those two answers, respectively

	kangaroo714:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 15:25 GMT	1 point
	@Jezuzfingerz- check the source at http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm#Total, it has some pretty detailed info about these numbers. keep in mind, these are only estimates in most cases.

	missmay:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	2 points
	You can edit your games -- click on the "Create" tab and it will give you a list of games you've made. From there click on "Edit".

	kangaroo714:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 15:49 GMT	1 point
	thanks, I will make the suggested changes

	JezuzFingerz:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 03:10 GMT	2 points
	Ok I checked out the source and that explains the statistics with Zedong and Stalin enough, exact numbers are difficult to get and sources are variable. But I still believe if the Holocaust was not included in the WWII death toll than it should be on the quiz. 11 million people

	hoosahoy87:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 08:19 GMT	0 points
	good idea for a quiz, but it's tough to make the answers not have to be so specific.

	Azrael:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 17:05 GMT	1 point
	Mao died in 1976, not 1975

	kangaroo714:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 22:55 GMT	4 points
	Thanks for the feedback guys, if you are rating the game low because the answers are too specific please let me know what answers you think should be accepted...

	adamnvillani:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 18:45 GMT	3 points
	Ugh, I tried "Russian Revolution," "Lenin," etc., and then tried about 10 different things for "Conquest of New World," "Expansion into New World," "Indians," all sorts of things. It's just too hard to come up with a zillion different ways of saying that.

	statephone:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 00:28 GMT	1 point
	agreed, wording not flexible enough

	kangaroo714:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 15:30 GMT	2 points
	Thanks adam... changes made. @statephone- which answers specifically did you try?

	gowhere:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 23:47 GMT	3 points
	Not your fault of course but the source's - I think that some of these things are simply too aggregated. I was looking for more time-bound events such as the holodomor, the cultural revolution, rather than the entire time Mao and stalin were in power. The conquest of the Americas is just too long in time and involved too many actors to be treated as a single event.

	thisisaname:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 03:02 GMT	1 point
	I don't think the source is particularly trustworthy. Could you find a source more reliable than a personal website? Anything compiled by the UN or other international organizations, for example?

	Bulletchewer6:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 12:50 GMT	1 point
	I take it the figure for WW2 includes the Holocaust?

	msteele13:	Apr 3rd, 2010 at 01:32 GMT	1 point
	holocaust???? or if youre including that as part of ww2, make it an acceptable answer

	wqlk3:	Jul 23rd, 2010 at 02:32 GMT	0 points
	Accept Joseph as well as Josef.