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The Black Death in the Middle East /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dols, Michael W. (Michael Walters), 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Series:Princeton legacy library ; 5354.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.