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Pandemics have long been a part of human history. This includes various disease that spread globally and have, in many different periods, created a large-scale population reduction. For ancient periods, pandemics were often conflated with plagues. While the recent COVID-19 pandemic is of concern, many other pandemics have caused far worse social disruption and destruction.

Earliest Evidence for Pandemics

Late Antiquity and Medieval Pandemics

Recent Pandemics

Summary

References