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.
.-Foreword by Professor Craig Molgaard, BA, MPH, PHD.
.- Introductoin.
.- Chapter 1: Common Diseases in Ancient Times.
.- Chapter 2: How Disease Affected the History of the Egyptian Empire.
.- Chapter 3: How Disease Affected the History of the Hittite Empire.
.- Chapter 4: How Disease Affected the Enf of the Bronze Age.
.- Chapter 5: How Disease Affected the History of Ancient Carthage.
.- Conclusion.
.- Plague Prayers of King Mursili II.
.-About the Author.
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.
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 lĂ!
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