Famine famine, and extreme famine. The number of deaths determines the magnitude designation, with under 1000 fatalities defining a "minor famine" and a "catastrophic famine" resulting in over 1,000,000 deaths. Famine personified as an allegory is found in some cultures, e.g. one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Christian tradition, the fear gorta of Irish folklore, or the Wendigo of Algonquian tradition. Famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased
The Souldiers Pocket Bible copy of "The Souldiers Pocket Bible" in 1854; he realized that the Bible which Cromwell's soldiers were known to carry was not the complete Protestant Bible of 66 books, but a condensed pamphlet version. It was an octavo booklet (5½ × 3″, 136 × 78mm). In comparison, it was about the size and thickness of an international travel passport used in the 20th century. "The Souldiers Pocket Bible" had just 16 pages that contained some 150 verse quotations from the Geneva Bible, all related to war. All but four of the verses were from the Old Testament. Verses intended to