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FYS 120: Plagues and Peoples

Example Topics

  •  The Antonine Plague (Roman Empire, ca. 165-180 C.E.)
  •  The Cyprian Plague (Roman Empire, ca. 250-270 C.E.)
  •  Mexica (Aztec) Empire Smallpox Epidemic, ca. 1519-21.
  •  The London Plague of 1664-65
  •  The Great Plague of the Late Ming Dynasty (China, 1643)
  •  The New England Epidemics of 1616-19
  •  North American Smallpox Epidemic of 1721
  •  Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (North America)
  •  First Asiatic Cholera Epidemic (India, ca. 1817)
  •  The Third Bubonic Plague Epidemic (Asia, ca. 1890s)
  •  1924-25 Minnesota Smallpox Epidemic
  •  Hantavirus Epidemic (US Southwest, 1993)
  •  Haitian Cholera Epidemic of 2010
  •  Ebola Epidemic (West Africa, 2014-16)
  •  Zika Virus Epidemic (Brazil and elsewhere, 2015)

Best Bets: Medical/Biological Research

Best Bets: Historical Research

Note that many of these databases cover specific time periods and regions of the world; if you need help identifying appropriate databases or finding contemporary accounts of your pandemic, talk to your librarians!

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