Reading of the Book (The Plague in the Umayyad Age – Unknown Pages from the History of the Umayyad Caliphate)

2023-04-14T23:30:56+00:00

This book was written by Dr. Ahmed Al-Adawi, and issued by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Beirut: 2018). The book, which consists of 184 large-format pages, is one of the most important books that deals with the plague that affected the health, demographic, economic, social and political aspects in the Umayyad State. It was constituted of three chapters and a conclusion. Chapter one summarizes the disease definition, causes, prevention ways and the religious, philosophical, medical, and intellectual impacts of the disease on the Middle Ages world and so on.Chapter two lists the most important plagues that infected the [Read More]