A History of Disease in Ancient Times
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-28936-6 (ISBN)
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.
Philip Norrie is a family physician in Sydney, Australia and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the Medical Faculty at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His main interest is medical history with the role of infectious disease epidemics on history and the history of wine as a medicine for the past 5,000 years.
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XV, 155 p. 16 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Akhenaten • Amenhotep III • Ancient history • Bronze Age • Classical Studies • History • History of Science • Hittite Empire • Hittite Epidemic • infectious disease • Sekhmet |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-28936-5 / 3319289365 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-28936-6 / 9783319289366 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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