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Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
by Rosen, William
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- Hardcover
- first
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- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0670038555
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038558
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Viking Press, New York, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. In Justinian?s Flea, William Rosen tells the story of history?s first pandemic?a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that killed tens of millions, devastated the empires of Persia and Rome, left a path of victims from Ireland to Iraq, and opened the way for the armies of Islam. Weaving together evolutionary microbiology, economics, military strategy, ecology, and ancient and modern medicine, Rosen offers a sweeping narrative of one of the great hinge moments in history."JD1 Size: Octavo (standard book size). 367 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Early (0-1000 AD); Medicine & Health. ISBN: 0670038555. ISBN/EAN: 9780670038558. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5249. . 9780670038558
Synopsis
The epic story of the collision between one of nature?s smallest organisms and history?s mightiest empire During the golden age of the Roman Empire, Emperor Justinian reigned over a territory that stretched from Italy to North Africa. It was the zenith of his achievements and the last of them. In 542 AD, the bubonic plague struck. In weeks, the glorious classical world of Justinian had been plunged into the medieval and modern Europe was born. At its height, five thousand people died every day in Constantinople. Cities were completely depopulated. It was the first pandemic the world had ever known and it left its indelible mark: when the plague finally ended, more than 25 million people were dead. Weaving together history, microbiology, ecology, jurisprudence, theology, and epidemiology, Justinian?s Flea is a unique and sweeping account of the little known event that changed the course of a continent.
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- Bookseller
- John McKenna
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5249
- Title
- Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
- Author
- Rosen, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670038555
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038558
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB60 History; Early (0-1000 AD); Medicine & Health. Justinians Flea Plague Empire and the Birth of Europe Rosen William
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