{"product_id":"9783319804590","title":"A History of Disease in Ancient Times More Lethal than War","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA History of Disease in Ancient Times\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMore Lethal than War\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhilip Norrie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book shows how bubonic plague and smallpox helped\r\nend the Hittite Empire, the Bronze Age in the Near East and later the\r\nCarthaginian Empire. The book will examine all the possible infectious diseases\r\npresent in ancient times and show that life was a daily struggle for survival\r\neither avoiding or fighting against these infectious disease epidemics. The\r\nbook will argue that infectious disease epidemics are a critical link in the\r\nchain of causation for the demise of most civilizations in the ancient world\r\nand that ancient historians should no longer ignore them, as is currently the\r\ncase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Norrie is a family physician in Sydney, Australia\r\nand a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the Medical Faculty at the University of New\r\nSouth Wales, Australia. His main interest is medical history with the role of infectious\r\ndisease epidemics on history and the history of wine as a medicine for the past\r\n5,000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 June 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319804590\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e155\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62329369624716,"sku":"9783319804590","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319804590.tif?v=1791393210","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319804590","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}