The 58 Greatest Atrocities in History

Circle size represents percent of world population killed per year of event

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Based on 'The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History’s 100 Worst Atrocities', a popular history book by Matthew White, an independent scholar and self-described atrocitologist. The book provides a ranking of the hundred worst atrocities of mankind based on the number of deaths.

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