Diseases gave us the rise of Christianity, the end of the Aztecs and public sanitation. How might future plagues change human history?

Esterman, A.2025-12-182025-12-182023https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/34067“Every once in a while a book lands on your desk that changes the way you perceive the world you live in, a book that fundamentally challenges your understanding of human history.” So began the blurb that came with this book. Aha! I thought. The usual advertising hyperbole, a gross exaggeration.enCopyright 2023 the author. This publication is available under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)bacteriamalariadenisovansbubonic plaguehomosapiensmeaslesslaveryzoonotic diseasespathogensneanderthalsyellow feverbook reviewsquarantinecholerablack lives matterNeolithicAztecshunter-gatherersCOVID-19George Floydtuberculosis (TB)Diseases gave us the rise of Christianity, the end of the Aztecs and public sanitation. How might future plagues change human history?WebsiteEsterman, A. [0000-0001-7324-9171]