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This eBook examines and ranks the 10 worst famines in world history. It provides a brief overview of each event followed by a discussion of the famine's impact in regard to its overall devastation.

© 2022 Larry Slawson (Ebook): 6610000332748

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Ebook: 12 January 2022

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