Plague Epidemic in Sumerian Empire, Mesopotamia, 4000 years ago | ||
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 85-90 PDF (0 K) | ||
Author | ||
Amjad Daoud Niazi | ||
Abstract | ||
ABSTRACT: This research work concerns the realization and verification that an epidemic of plague had in reality occurred 4000 years ago in Sumer , present day Iraq, that affected the population in a catastrophic way and had lead to the decline and fall of the Sumerian Empire . This important conclusion came after verifying the translations and transliterations of thousands of clay tablets which was made available by scholars and international academic agencies . Of course there was no mention clearly of the disease as we know now but there was a clear description of various aspects of the disease including signs and symptoms, epidemic occurrence and effects on the people and propagation through place over time which may have reached a pandemic proportions . It was concluded that such an epidemic could be the main factor in the declining of the Sumerian Empire. The epidemic itself could be a ring in the chain of plague epidemics propagated through place in history and known nowadays as the black death, | ||
Keywords | ||
KEY WORDS; plague; epidemic; Iraq; Mesopotamia; black death | ||
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