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A History of Disease in Ancient TimesHow Disease Affected the End of the Bronze Age

A History of Disease in Ancient Times: How Disease Affected the End of the Bronze Age [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 “catastrophe” or the “collapse” due to its short time frame of 50 years, the mass migration of the general population and the “Sea Peoples” plus the abandonment of cities such as Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire c.1200 bce. The diseases most likely to cause this collapse are smallpox, bubonic plague and tularemia.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Disease in Ancient TimesHow Disease Affected the End of the Bronze Age

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-28936-6
Pages
61 –101
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-28937-3_5
Publisher site
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Abstract

[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 “catastrophe” or the “collapse” due to its short time frame of 50 years, the mass migration of the general population and the “Sea Peoples” plus the abandonment of cities such as Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire c.1200 bce. The diseases most likely to cause this collapse are smallpox, bubonic plague and tularemia.]

Published: Jun 26, 2016

Keywords: Tree Ring; Nile Delta; Yersinia Pestis; Mass Migration; Francisella Tularensis

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