What these distinctions have in common in Abrahamic history is socio-political influence. Yahweh communed with chosen individuals in dreams and visions as their cultures built up power and influence, tried to hold onto it, and succumbed to their successors. The ‘seers’ of these messages acted as divine vessels to common people and kings, establishing laws, endorsing holy wars, maintaining social and political order, bearing omens of exile, persecution, worship of pagan deities like Baal, and disintegration of God’s covenant with His people.
The Neo-Sumerian Empire: 23rd – 21st Centuries BC
Mesopotamia is the birthplace of human advancement, stretching as far back as 10,000 BC. Traces of divination practices of this region correlate with the Akkadian Empire and the Neo-Sumerian Empire, or the Third Dynasty of Ur (‘Ur III’).
Black Death to Covid-19: A look at the history of pandemics that ravaged the planet
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Monidipa Dey
Throughout the course of world history intermittent outbreaks of infectious diseases (known as pandemics and epidemics) have ravaged human societies causing deep and lasting effects often lasting for centuries, which in turn have often changed the very course of history. These outbreaks have given rise to incidents that have had the power to alter and re-shape socioeconomic, political, religious, and cultural aspects of human civilization. Pandemics and epidemics have also helped to shape some of the basics of modern medicine, which includes creating frameworks for the study of epidemiology, disease prevention, and vaccination. In the context of the current pandemic crisis (Covid 19) that has gripped the world, here are 5 of the worst pandemics and epidemics, dating from prehistoric to modern times.
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Partially because modern masks work a lot better than those of plague doctors, COVID-19 has killed many fewer people than the Black Death, but it is still among the 10 worst infection disease outbreaks in history. Image Credit: Illustrissima/Shutterstock,com
Official global tallies of COVID-19 passed 3 million deaths on the weekend. The current pandemic was already one of the 10 worst recorded appearances of infectious disease in history, but thankfully it remains nowhere near the worst of the worst.
Three months ago, diagnosed cases of COVID passed 100,000 million. Grim as that milestone was, it coincided with falling rates per day and vaccine approvals. There were grounds for hope the worst might be behind us. Instead, global positive tests started rising again a month later, and are setting new daily records.