What were the symptoms of the plague of Amwas?
The Plague of Amwas lasted from 638 to 640 AD, in Syria, Egypt and Iraq. The plague was most severe in Amwas, Syria, so it became known as the Plague of Amwas. It is supposed to have caused the death of over 20,000 people. The plague’s symptoms are not on record. It could be that [...]
What caused the 1918 flu plague to stop killing people ?
The Great Swine Flu of 1918 killed as many people in four months as World War I did in four years. The Swine Flu arose as a normal nonlethal flu, but after only a couple months it mutated into a killer flu. One fifth of people who contracted the virus only experienced mild symptoms, the [...]
