Abstract
ABSTRACT: This research work concerns the realization and verification that an epidemic of plague had in reality occurred 4000 years ago in Sumer , present day Iraq, that affected the population in a catastrophic way and had lead to the decline and fall of the Sumerian Empire . This important conclusion came after verifying the translations and transliterations of thousands of clay tablets which was made available by scholars and international academic agencies . Of course there was no mention clearly of the disease as we know now but there was a clear description of various aspects of the disease including signs and symptoms, epidemic occurrence and effects on the people and propagation through place over time which may have reached a pandemic proportions . It was concluded that such an epidemic could be the main factor in the declining of the Sumerian Empire. The epidemic itself could be a ring in the chain of plague epidemics propagated through place in history and known nowadays as the black death,
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Niazi, Amjad Daoud
(2014)
"Plague Epidemic in Sumerian Empire, Mesopotamia, 4000 years ago,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 15.
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol13/iss1/15