The first pandemic —the plague of Justinian—struck in the 500s at the start of the Middle Ages and lasted for around 200 years. The Black Death began in the mid-1300s and would become the ...

The Black Death was caused by the same bacteria which caused Plague of Justinian, the first plague pandemic which had broken out in the mid-500s. The third plague pandemic began in China in 1855 ...

Strains of the Justinian plague became extinct after 300 years of ravaging European and Middle Eastern populations. Strains of the second pandemic emerged from infected rodent populations, causing ...

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Plague of Justinian, where in the Byzantine Empire this happened under Emperor Justinian I, was due to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The plague killed 25-50 million and up to 10% of the world's ...

During its five-year construction, Justinian instructed his provincial governors to send the most exquisite artifacts from ancient ruins in their territories to Constantinople for use in Hagia Sophia.

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Recipients who received the glittery invitation to Krewe Justinian's Black Tie Grand Bal XXXI knew there was a mystery about the mail. An overlay said: "Justinian 007, Top Secret." The secret?

Justinian C. Lane, Esq. is an authority on asbestos and its long and complicated history. After losing his father and grandparents to asbestos-related cancers, Justinian dedicated his law practice to ...

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The basilica was likely built in the mid-6th century, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I, who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from 527 to 565 A.D. The architecture of the basilica shows notable ...

Justinian’s Flea is an interdisciplinary account of the first pandemic the world had ever known—the bubonic plague of 541 to 542 CE.