Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
by Rosen, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670038555
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038558
- Seller
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
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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
- Montana Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 086775
- Title
- Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
- Author
- Rosen, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670038555
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038558
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 367
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Ancient history classics Justinian Plague European
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