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The Black Death in the Middle East
Title
The Black Death in the Middle East [electronic resource] / Michael W. Dols.
ISBN
0691196680
9780691196688
9780691031071
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2019. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages))
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Summary
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.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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Project Muse.
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