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![Boccaccio on the Black Death: Text & Commentary](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12052.jpg?v=1711109122)
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Boccaccio on the Black Death: Text & Commentary
The Black Death is the name given to the plague outbreak in Europe...
![Procopius on the Plague of Justinian: Text & Commentary](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4504.jpg?v=1717769050)
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Procopius on the Plague of Justinian: Text & Commentary
The Plague of Justinian (541-542 CE and onwards) is the first fully...
![Thucydides on the Plague of Athens: Text & Commentary](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12046.jpg?v=1708603084)
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Thucydides on the Plague of Athens: Text & Commentary
The Plague of Athens (429-426 BCE) struck the city, most likely...
![Behistun Inscription](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8764.jpg?v=1713728228)
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Behistun Inscription
The Behistun Inscription is a relief with accompanying text carved...
![Alexander the Great & the Burning of Persepolis](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/81.jpg?v=1711896129)
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Alexander the Great & the Burning of Persepolis
In the year 330 BCE Alexander the Great (l. 356-323 BCE) conquered...
![The Myth of Adapa](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/6283.jpg?v=1711109703)
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The Myth of Adapa
The Myth of Adapa (also known as Adapa and the Food of Life) is...