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2. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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   Plague of 698–701 (part of first plague pandemic) 698–701 Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Syria, Mesopotamia: Bubonic plague: Unknown [47] 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic: 735–737 Japan Smallpox: 2 million (approx. 1 ⁄ 3 of Japanese population) [15] [48] Plague of 746–747 (part of first plague pandemic) 746–747 Byzantine Empire ...

3. The Great Big Book of Horrible Things - Wikipedia

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   The book was first published in hardcover by W. W. Norton & Company in November 2011. [1] The paperback was published by W. W. Norton in May 2013 under the new title Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History. The British edition (Canongate Books, 20 October 2011) is entitled Atrocitology: Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements. It ...

4. Get Well Soon (book) - Wikipedia

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   Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them is a nonfiction book by Jennifer Wright, first published in 2017 by Henry Holt and Company. The book’s reception was generally positive, with reviews from publications including Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal. [1] [2] [3]

5. Pathogenesis: A history of the world in eight plagues

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   It explores the impact of infectious diseases on human history. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of academic disciplines, Kennedy argues that pandemics have played a crucial role but overlooked role in many of the great social, political and economic transformations of the past, including the extinction of Neanderthals, the emergence of Christianity and Islam as world religions, the ...

6. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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   This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...

7. The 9 Worst Years in History to be Alive - AOL

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   The Spanish Flu, the second deadliest pandemic in history after the bubonic plague, along with the aftermath of World War I and ensuing political and social chaos, made 1918 a tough time to be alive.

8. Plague is among the deadliest bacterial infections in human ...

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   Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.

9. Category:Books about diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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