The Black Death in the Middle East /

The Black Death in the Middle East / Michael W. Dols.

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In this book the author uses primarily Arabic sources to discuss the transmission of the Black Death to the Middle East and the devastation the disease caused on the society and economics in Egypt and Syria.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author: Dols, Michael W. (Michael Walters), 1942- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Series:Princeton legacy library ; 5354.
Subjects:
Black Death > Islamic Empire.
Diseases and history.
Medicine, Medieval.
Black Death.
Economic history.
Social conditions.
Islamic Empire > Social conditions.
Islamic Empire > Economic conditions.
Islamic Empire.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Plague in the Middle East
  • The nature of the plague
  • Medieval Muslim interpretations of plague
  • The demographic effects of plague in Egypt and Syria
  • Urban communal behaviour during the Black Death
  • The economic consequences of the Black Death.

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