The Great Ravine

Item from The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin

The mid-Crisis-Era population collapse — a multi-decade depression of starvation, war and despair when the war economy outran the planet's biosphere.

Also known as: the Ravine, the Great Famine

What They Know

• Caused largely by the over-militarization of Earth's economy during early Crisis decades.
• Resulted in several billion deaths and a substantial reduction in industrial capacity.
• Recovery was partial; surviving Crisis institutions emerged smaller and more fatalistic.

Connections

• located_in — earth

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