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Islamic attidues to disasters in the Middle Ages: a comparison of earthquakes and plagues

A re-post from the Medievalists.net blog of a 2007 article in Medieval History Journal (10) by Anna Akasoy:

http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/islamic-attitudes-to-disasters-in-the-middle-ages-a-comparison-of-earthquakes-and-plagues/

Rainer Schreg

archaeologist professor in medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Bamberg university

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Human skeletal health before and after the Black Death

Ongoing analysis of the human skeletal remains from London by Sharon DeWitte reveals changes in health and lifespan in the wake of the Black Death, and adds to the growing body of bioarchaeological evidence that life for survivors was better.

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/decoding-black-death.html

Rainer Schreg

archaeologist professor in medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Bamberg university

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