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100 1  Rosen, William,|d1955-2016 
245 10 Justinian's flea :|bplague, empire, and the birth of 
       Europe /|cWilliam Rosen. 
246 30 Plague, empire, and the birth of Europe 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c2007. 
300    367 pages :|bmaps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: The three thousand-body problem -- Prologue:
       Pelusium -- "Four princes of the world" [286-470] -- "We 
       do not love anything uncivilized: [337=518] -- "Our most 
       pious consort" [518-530] -- "Solomon, I have outdone thee"
       [530-537] -- "Live honorably, harm nobody, and give 
       everyone his due" [533-537] -- "the victories granted us 
       by heaven" [533-537] -- "Daughter of chance and number" --
       "From so simple a beginning" -- "The fury of the wrath of 
       God" [540-542] -- "A man of unruly mind" [523-545] -- "No 
       small grace" [545-664] -- "A thread you cannot unravel" 
       [548-558] -- "This country of silk" [559-565] -- Epilogue:
       Yarmuk [636]. 
520    Weaving together evolutionary microbiology, economics, 
       military strategy, ecology, and ancient and modern 
       medicine, author Rosen tells of history's first pandemic--
       a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that 
       killed tens of millions, devastated the empires of Persia 
       and Rome, left victims from Ireland to Iraq, and opened 
       the way for the armies of Islam. Emperor Justinian had 
       reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths 
       and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North 
       Africa from imperial rule. In his capital at 
       Constantinople he built the world's most beautiful 
       building, married its most powerful empress, and wrote its
       most enduring legal code, seemingly restoring Rome's 
       fortunes. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a 
       flea. The ensuing outbreak of bubonic plague killed five 
       thousand people a day in Constantinople and nearly killed 
       Justinian himself, bringing about one of the great hinge 
       moments in history.--From publisher description. 
650  0 Plague|xHistory|yTo 1500. 
650 12 Plague|xhistory|zByzantium. 
651  0 Byzantine Empire|xHistory|yTo 527. 
651  0 Byzantine Empire|xHistory|yJustinian I, 527-565. 
650 22 Disease Outbreaks|xhistory|zByzantium. 
650 22 History, Medieval|zByzantium. 
650 22 Plague|xepidemiology|zByzantium. 
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