A History of Disease in Ancient Times: More Lethal than War

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This book shows how bubonic plague and smallpox helpedend the Hittite Empire, the Bronze Age in the Near East and later theCarthaginian Empire. The book will examine all the possible infectious diseasespresent in ancient times and show that life was a daily struggle for survivaleither avoiding or fighting against these infectious disease epidemics. Thebook will argue that infectious disease epidemics are a critical link in thechain of causation for the demise of most civilizations in the ancient worldand that ancient historians should no longer ignore them, as is currently thecase.

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ISBN-13: 9783319289366
ISBN-10: 3319289365
Pagini: 142
Ilustrații: XV, 155 p. 16 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 14 mm
Greutate: 3.29 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

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Foreword by Professor CraigMolgaard, BA, MPH, PHD.- Introduction..- Chapter 1: Common Diseases inAncient Times..- Chapter 2: How Disease Affected theHistory of the Egyptian Empire..- Chapter 3: How Disease Affected theHistory of the Hittite Empire..- Chapter 4: How Disease Affected theEnd of the Bronze Age..- Chapter 5: How Disease Affected theHistory of Ancient Carthage..- Conclusion.- Plague Prayers of King Mursili II..-About the Author.

Notă biografică

Philip Norrie is a family physician in Sydney, Australiaand a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the Medical Faculty at the University of NewSouth Wales, Australia. His main interest is medical history with the role of infectiousdisease epidemics on history and the history of wine as a medicine for the past5,000 years.

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This book shows how bubonic plague and smallpox helped end the Hittite Empire, the Bronze Age in the Near East and later the Carthaginian Empire. The book will examine all the possible infectious diseases present in ancient times and show that life was a daily struggle for survival either avoiding or fighting against these infectious disease epidemics. The book will argue that infectious disease epidemics are a critical link in the chain of causation for the demise of most civilizations in the ancient world and that ancient historians should no longer ignore them, as is currently the case.

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Explores a wide range of infectious diseases in the ancient world Demonstrates the critical role disease played in the fall of ancient civilizations Argues that disease epidemics are a critical link in the demise of most civilizations in the ancient world

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