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conclusions<br />

<strong>The</strong> present study has, on the basis of empirical examination<br />

of political violence in the last two millennia, made<br />

some startling findings.<br />

1. We have found that the total death toll from acts of<br />

political violence (war, civil war, democide, and structural<br />

violence) has been between 449.38 million and 708.61<br />

million in the years 0-2008. <strong>The</strong> median figure of nearly<br />

579.00 million amounts to twice the U.S. population in<br />

the year 2000.<br />

2. <strong>The</strong> distribution of the median death-toll is illustrated<br />

below, expressed first in absolute figures and next in<br />

percentage of the total.<br />

DEATH-TOLL DISTRIBUTION | WORLD CIVILIZATIONS 0-2008CE<br />

200,000,000<br />

FATALITIES<br />

125,285,007<br />

8,794,670<br />

177,941,750<br />

2,389,250<br />

31,943,500<br />

45,561,000<br />

107,923,750<br />

100,000,000<br />

Buddhist Indic Primalindigenous<br />

Antitheist Christian <strong>Islamic</strong> Sinic<br />

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