Plague in the Middle East -- The nature of the plague -- Medieval Muslim interpretations of plague -- The demographic effects of plague in Egypt and Syria -- Urban communal behaviour during the Black Death -- The economic consequences of the Black Death
Summary
In this book the author uses primarily Arabic sources to discuss the transmission of the Black Death to the Middle East and the devastation the disease caused on the society and economics in Egypt and Syria
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 28, 2019)
