Title: Epidemic disease in central Syria in the late sixth century Some new insights from the verse of assān ibn Thābit
Abstract: AbstractAbstractAny interpretation of Near Eastern history touching upon the sixth and seventh centuries must invariably come to terms with the numerous causes of mortality, destruction, and social and economic disruption that preceded the Arab conquests. One of these factors was undoubtedly the bubonic plague, which descended the Nile in the summer of 641, spread through the Delta and passed to Syrian ports in the winter of that year; by the summer of 542 it had reached Constantinople itself and infected, among many other places, large parts of inland Asia Minor and Syria.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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