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Tisquantum (/ t ɪ s ˈ k w ɒ n t əm /; c. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (/ ˈ s k w ɒ n t oʊ /), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer ...
1350 BC plague of Megiddo c. 1350 BC Megiddo, land of Canaan: Amarna letters EA 244, Biridiya, mayor of Megiddo complains to Amenhotep III of his area being "consumed by death, plague and dust" Unknown [29] Hittite Plague/"Hand of Nergal" c. 1330 BC Near East, Hittite Empire, Alashiya, possibly Egypt: Unknown, possibly Tularemia.
A plague doctor and his typical apparel during the 17th century. The second plague pandemic was a major series of epidemics of plague that started with the Black Death, which reached medieval Europe in 1346 and killed up to half of the population of Eurasia in the next four years.
But the disease—nicknamed the “Black Death” or “Great Pestilence”—that killed more than 25 million people, about a third of Europe, in medieval times is very much still with us today.
The plague killed two-thirds of the inhabitants of Helsinki, [53] and claimed a third of Stockholm's population. [54] Western Europe's last major epidemic occurred in 1720 in Marseilles, [45] in Central Europe the last major outbreaks happened during the plague during the Great Northern War, and in Eastern Europe during the Russian plague of ...
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A natural reservoir of plague is located in western Yunnan and is an ongoing health risk today. The third pandemic of plague originated in this area after a rapid influx of Han Chinese to exploit the demand for minerals, primarily copper, in the latter half of the 19th century. [52] By 1850, the population had exploded to over 7,000,000 people.
The Ohio EPA said its Emergency Response team also arrived to assist local responders. Officials said a chemical reaction caused styrene, which is naturally a liquid, to heat up into a gaseous state.