Thomas malthus viewed the 18th century world population growth rate

Malthus was a Demographer that viewed the world population growth rate as unsustainable.

Malthus believed that the world's growth rate was susceptible to what is now known as the Malthusian trap, that is, that food production will be unable to keep up with growth rates. Eventually, the lower classes will die off due to famine.

- "sack of constantinople, (april 1204). the diversion of the fourth crusade from the holy land to attack, capture, and pillage the byzantine city of constantinople divided and dissipated the efforts of the christians to maintain the war against the muslims. the fourth crusade was corrupted from its purpose early on."

- "the crusades were a series of religious wars undertaken by the latin church. the first crusade arose after a call to arms in 1095 sermons by pope urban ii. the first crusade unleashed a wave of impassioned, pious catholic fury, which was of constantinople, the capital of the christian-controlled byzantine empire."

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