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Plagues upon the Earth
Book • 2021
Plagues Upon the Earth offers a comprehensive view of how infectious diseases have shaped human history, from early origins to modern pandemics.
The book intertwines historical narratives with insights from genetics, highlighting the entanglement of disease with societal factors like slavery, colonialism, and technological progress.
It also explores how human advancements have both mitigated and exacerbated disease risks.
The book intertwines historical narratives with insights from genetics, highlighting the entanglement of disease with societal factors like slavery, colonialism, and technological progress.
It also explores how human advancements have both mitigated and exacerbated disease risks.
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Dwarkesh Patel
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Why Rome Actually Fell: Plagues, Slavery, & Ice Age — Kyle Harper
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Tom Holland
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146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation
