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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : 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 asks people to consider the possibility of an infectious disease pandemic being the cause of the eradication of a civilisation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Norrie, Philip Anthony An Alternative Medical Perspective on Ancient History

ISBN:

1-5275-1899-X