Bücher von Benjamin Reilly

Natural disasters have played an integral role in human history. Pandemic diseases have affected multiple generations and massive famines have killed or impoverished millions. This book examines the relationship between humanity and the natural environment through the lens of natural disasters, where the interaction comes into sharpest focus.

Examines how Rome's allure to European visitors and its resident malaria species impacted the historical development of Europe. The book covers the environmental and biological factors at play and focuses on two of the periods when malaria potentially had the greatest impact on the continent.