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An alternative medical perspective on ancient history : the Plague of Sumer / Philip Anthony Norrie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norrie, Philip Anthony, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pandemics--History.
- Pandemics.
- Epidemics--History.
- Epidemics.
- Sumerians.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 183 pages : illustrations, maps 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLIS, 2023.
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
- Summary:
- This book tells the story of the world's first documented pandemic, based on ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablets and ancient DNA from skeletons. This pandemic eventually involved all of Eurasia and spread to India and Russia. Ancient historians have suggested many theories for the demise of Sumer and the Indus Valley civilisations; but none have ever proposed the possibility of an infectious disease - a pandemic.Hence, this book rewrites ancient history and ask. - from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1527518981
- 9781527518988
- OCLC:
- 1391131170
- Publisher Number:
- 99994764443
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