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A History of Disease in Ancient Times

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28937-3

ISBN: 978-3-319-28936-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 26, 2016

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Introduction

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 1 –5

[This book will explore the way in which infectious diseases affected the course of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern history. The general hypothesis is that most major changes in the Ancient World were precipitated by infectious disease epidemics such as the end of the Mycenaean Palatial...
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Common Diseases in Ancient Times

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 7 –16

[In this chapter Dr. Norrie describes all the likely infectious diseases that were present during the late Bronze Age that could have caused the end of the Hittite Empire and the end of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The list of diseases includes the zoonoses bubonic plague, anthrax, tularemia,...
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How Disease Affected the History of the Egyptian Empire

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 17 –36

[Here Dr. Norrie discusses the possible diseases that infected the Ancient Egyptian Empire, focusing on the bubonic plague epidemic during the reign of Amenhotep III and his son Akhenaten in the Eighteenth Dynasty c.1350 bce. It discusses why Amenhotep III left Karnak to set up his new city of...
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How Disease Affected the History of the Hittite Empire

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 37 –59

[In this chapter Dr. Norrie discusses how the twenty-year long Hittite Empire Epidemic of 1322 bce was brought into Hatti by Egyptian prisoners of war who brought with them the bubonic plague, which was in Egypt at the time. This goes against the current theory that thinks that the epidemic was...
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How Disease Affected the End of the Bronze Age

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 61 –101

[Dr. Norrie provides a summary of the fifteen currently accepted causes for the end of the Bronze Age in the Near East and then goes on to discuss the sixteenth reason—infectious disease epidemics. These are the real reason that the end of the Bronze Age in the Near East was called either the...
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How Disease Affected the History of Ancient Carthage

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 103 –110

[Carthage was the dominant empire in the western Mediterranean Sea c.265 bce until challenged by a new power—Rome. Carthage and Rome subsequently fought many wars to see who would control the Mediterranean. These conflicts were called the three Punic Wars that lasted on and off from 264 bce until...
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Conclusion

Norrie, Philip

Pages: 111 –113

[This book has discussed the history of disease in ancient times. The purpose of this book was to show that disease was a significant contributing causal factor in history; especially in ancient times and reflects the fact that history is not just made up of dates of battles and the list of...

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